Disaster Response in Illinois: The Role for Dentists and Dental Hygienists

Janssen, Julie Ann; Lampiris, Lewis N.

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2007.06.009

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“…Dentists can successfully coordinate with the emergency medical response system in building needed partnerships, identifying and collect resources, and facilitating training, policy development, surveillance, and evaluation [7]. Since dentists are distributed throughout a community they can also be a part of effective surveillance network [8].…”

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Awareness and Attitude Towards Mass Disaster and Its Management Among House Surgeons in a Dental College and Hospital in Chennai, India

Kannan¹,

Kumar²,

Rathinavelu³

et al. 2017

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More than 2.6 billion people were affected by mass disasters in the last decade, which lead to mass casualties that can overwhelm local medical resources and prevent them from delivering comprehensive and definitive medical care. Awareness and training towards disaster management is essential for all in the health care delivery sector. India, has been vulnerable to natural disasters and manmade disasters from time to time. Being the second populous country in the world and dental surgeons forming a significant portion of an untapped health resource, assessment of awareness and attitude towards a mass disaster management would serve as valuable data in reforming dental curriculum and future training. Hence, the current study was done to determine the awareness and attitude towards mass disaster among house surgeons in a dental college and hospital in Chennai, India. This cross-sectional study was conducted with a 17-item pretested, self-administered questionnaire. The Cronbach's alpha and split validity scores for the questionnaire were 0.8 and 0.9 respectively. The final sample size was 132, after adjusting for a non-response rate of 10 percent. 128 house surgeons participated in the study, (response rate -95%). About 34.4% had good knowledge and 68.8% had a positive attitude towards mass disaster and its management. A positive Spearman's correlation was found between knowledge and attitude scores. Although knowledge was not satisfactory, the house surgeons had a positive attitude towards the public health issue in question. About 72% were prepared to undergo proper training and 77% felt disaster training should be part of any internship program.

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Awareness and Attitude Towards Mass Disaster and Its Management Among House Surgeons in a Dental College and Hospital in Chennai, India

Kannan¹,

Kumar²,

Rathinavelu³

et al. 2017

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“…9 In Illinois, the state's Department of Public Health's Division of Oral Health has successfully integrated oral health care professionals into the emergency medical response system. 8 In the aftermath of Wenchuan earthquake, the Chinese dental professionals participated actively in the fi rst emergency response team, defi nitive dental treatment, oral health services and education, and the recovery of local oral care infrastructure and resources. Therefore, the role of dentists in mass casualty events cannot be ignored and they can greatly enhance the surge capacity of the local medical system and provide professional oral health care early to improve quality of life.…”

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“…6,7 They can act as the front-line responders and also mitigate prolonged recovery of the dental care infrastructure and improve the odds of having sustainable systems of dental care in the aftermath of devastation. 8,9 During the rescue work at the Wenchuan • Describes the action of Chinese dental professionals in the aftermath of Wenchuan earthquake.…”

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Wenchuan earthquake: response of Chinese dental professionals

Dai

Zhao

2009

Br Dent J

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“…Triage consists of rapid classification of the injured on the basis of the severity of their injuries and the likelihood of their survival [3].…”

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“…Dentists are one of the important constituents of health team, yet their role or utility has not been emphasized lately. Oral healthcare personnel including dentists can be utilized successfully for the emergency medical response system in building the required partnerships, to identify and garner resources, and in facilitating training, development of suitable policy, surveillance and evaluation [3].…”

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The Role of Dentistry in Disaster Management and Victim Identification: An Overview of Challenges in Indo-Nepal Scenario

Dutta

Singh

Passi³

et al. 2016

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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Every disaster is unique and involves interplay of different factors and circumstances such as nature of disaster, number of victims and extent of body fragmentation that ultimately challenges the disaster response planning. Apart from the victim recovery and evacuation, the disaster response planning must include the established procedures for the identification of the victims of the disaster. The identification of victims essentially relies on forensic anthropology, radiology, DNA typing and fingerprints, as well as odontology.

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Disaster Response in Illinois: The Role for Dentists and Dental Hygienists

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Awareness and Attitude Towards Mass Disaster and Its Management Among House Surgeons in a Dental College and Hospital in Chennai, India

Awareness and Attitude Towards Mass Disaster and Its Management Among House Surgeons in a Dental College and Hospital in Chennai, India

Wenchuan earthquake: response of Chinese dental professionals

The Role of Dentistry in Disaster Management and Victim Identification: An Overview of Challenges in Indo-Nepal Scenario

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