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Citation

Harris C, McCarthy K, Liu EL, Klein K, Swienton R, Prins P, Waltz T. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018; 15(3): e15030534.

Affiliation

Institute for Disaster Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. twaltz@uga.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

DOI

10.3390/ijerph15030534

PMID

29547543

Abstract

2017 was a record year for disasters and disaster response in the U.S. Redefining and differentiating key response roles like "immediate responders" and "first responders" is critical. Traditional first responders are not and cannot remain the only cadre of expected lifesavers following a mass casualty event. The authors argue that the U.S. needs to expand its understanding of response roles to include that of the immediate responders, or those individuals who find themselves at the incident scene and are able to assist others. Through universal training and education of the citizenry, the U.S. has the opportunity increase overall disaster resiliency and community outcomes following large-scale disasters. Such education could easily be incorporated into high school curriculums or other required educational experiences in order to provide all persons with the knowledge, skills, and basic abilities needed to save lives immediately following a disaster.


Language: en

Keywords

community resilience; disaster response; education; first responder; immediate responder

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