The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe has developed a free, downloadable hospital emergency response checklist. The tool, geared toward hospital administrators and managers, ...

Hospitals differentiate themselves from other healthcare organizations through their standby role — their commitment to providing 24/7 access to care, serving as a safety net and preparing and ...

Hospitals are in a unique position when disaster strikes. Predominately regarded as safe havens, hospitals are expected to continuously provide quality patient care and protection to patients, ...

Caption: NBC 10's Martha Konstandinidis reports that Rhode Island Hospital will review its emergency response to the deadly ...

As smoke overcame the crowd outside of Bronson Battle Creek Hospital, first responders rushed to the scene to rescue and treat the victims. However, no real danger was present. The planned scene was ...

CLIMATEWIRE | When the McBride wildfire erupted in New Mexico three years ago, David Merritt had a math problem. The fire was closing in on a Lincoln County hospital with 11 admitted patients, but the ...

If you get injured in a road accident, the first person to attend to you will most likely not be a medical doctor. Instead, you will be attended to by someone who does not understand first-aid or if ...

Allegheny County 911 said crews were called to Coal Valley Road at around 11:30 a.m. Allegheny Health Network officials said there was a small construction fire on the roof of the hospital, causing ...

The Zachary Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness — led by Emergency Preparedness Director Ty Stephens — in partnership with the Zachary Fire Department and Zachary Police Department and Lane ...