Currently, NLM is not updating the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) website, and is limiting updates to the Disaster Lit database to COVID-19 related data collection tools found in the DR2.
We are no longer adding links to other new disaster-related information. The content of select resources from Disaster Lit will be digitized and made available through Digital Collections and Bookshelf.
Annotation:This 46-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) reports on interviews with urgent care physicians and administrators associated with urgent care centers in 44 states to collect their perceptions on the role their urgent care centers could play in the nation's healthcare preparedness and response activities. It summarizes lessons learned by those with disaster experience and suggestions that interviewees had for improving the readiness of urgent care centers. It also identifies a preliminary list of resources for urgent care centers....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This five-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides a list of questions that were used to help ASPR TRACIE staff interview various Las Vegas hospital personnel to collect and synthesize information from their response to the mass shooting. Topics include Incident Command System, Emergency Department, Radiology, Mental Health, and Family Support Center related to the active shooter attack....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This 49-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange), updated on September 9, 2016, is a sample template that provides the clinical protocol for suspected Zika virus infection, with sections for Healthcare Screening/Triage Staff; Healthcare Evaluation, Treatment, and Laboratory Staff; Pregnant Population/Patients; Infants Population/Patients; All Non-Pregnant Females, All Males and Non-Infant Children Population/Patients; and Infection Control Staff. It provides a protocol algorithm, sample laboratory forms, and links to several Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Zika guidances....[See more] [See less]