South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, RPHB 330, 1530 3rd Ave. S, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, USA.
Public Health Rep. 2010 Nov-Dec;125 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):117-26. doi: 10.1177/00333549101250S516.
In the event of a natural or man-made disaster involving large numbers of children, resources in the Southeastern U.S. are extremely limited. This article chronicles the efforts of the Alabama Department of Public Health, the Mississippi State Department of Health, and the South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness in conjunction with more than 40 organizations to develop a voluntary network of health-care providers, public health departments, volunteers, and emergency responders from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The purpose of the Southeastern Regional Pediatric Disaster Surge Network (the Network) is to improve the pediatric preparedness response strategies of public health, emergency response, and pediatric providers in the event of large-scale emergencies or disasters that overwhelm local or state pediatric resources. The planning and development of the Network is proceeding through three general phases--information sharing, mutual goal setting and collective action, and long-term formal linkages. In Phase 1, critical planning tasks to be undertaken in the development of the Network were identified. In Phase 2, the agencies developed a draft operational handbook that served as the basis for a formal memorandum of understanding. In Phase 3, participants will engage in exercises and evaluations that will further identify and work out logistical and operational details.
在涉及大量儿童的自然灾害或人为灾害的情况下，美国东南部的资源极其有限。本文记录了阿拉巴马州公共卫生部、密西西比州卫生部以及中南部公共卫生准备中心与 40 多个组织共同努力，建立一个由来自阿拉巴马州、佛罗里达州、路易斯安那州、密西西比州和田纳西州的医疗保健提供者、公共卫生部门、志愿者和应急响应人员组成的自愿网络的努力。东南地区儿科灾害应急网络（该网络）的目的是在大规模紧急情况或灾害使当地或州立儿科资源不堪重负的情况下，提高公共卫生、应急响应和儿科提供者的儿科应急准备策略。该网络的规划和发展正在通过三个一般阶段进行——信息共享、共同目标设定和集体行动以及长期正式联系。在第 1 阶段，确定了在网络发展中要进行的关键规划任务。在第 2 阶段，各机构制定了一份业务手册草案，作为正式谅解备忘录的基础。在第 3 阶段，参与者将参与演习和评估，以进一步确定和解决后勤和运营细节。
