Educating first responders to provide emergency services to individuals with disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Individuals with disabilities experience more negative outcomes due to natural and manmade disasters and emergencies than do people without disabilities. This vulnerability appears to be due in part to knowledge gaps among public health and safety emergency planning and response personnel (responders). We assessed the effectiveness of an online program to increase emergency responder knowledge about emergency planning and response for individuals with disabilities.

Methods

Researchers developed an online course designed to teach public health, emergency planning and management, and other first response personnel about appropriate, efficient, and equitable emergency planning, response, interaction, and communication with children and adults with disabilities before,

SUBMITTER: Wolf-Fordham SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4437503 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature