CRIMEDIMResearch Center in Emergency and Disaster MedicineWorld Health Organization Collaborating Centre

www.crimedim.uniupo.it

CRIMEDIM is a university-wide academic center that conducts research, education and training in the field of disaster medicine and humanitarian health. The center is committed to promote innovative research projects and to foster learning and training programs using state of the art technologies to enhance the resilience of health systems in emergency, disaster and humanitarian crisis.

CRIMEDIM vision is to make health systems able to effectively protect people’s health from disasters and humanitarian crises, saving lives, minimizing deaths, injuries, disabilities and human suffering with competent and professional workforce.

At a Glance

Vision

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CRIMEDIM works to enhance the resilience of health system in emergency, disaster and humanitarian crisis through increasing knowledge, skills and attitudes of health workers based on scientific evidence and field experience at local, national and international level.

- promote and coordinate research projects in disaster education, disaster medicine and humanitarian health;

- foster disaster education and training using emerging simulation technologies;

- provide highly specialized researchers and professionals in disaster and humanitarian setting;

- cooperate with different institutions, universities, public and private agencies, governmental and non-governmental organizations to enhance the resilience of health systems.

Mission

Objectives

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DISASTER MEDICINE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR DISASTER MANAGERS, LEADERS AND POLICY MAKERS• European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) • Fellowship in Disaster Management• Humanitarian Assistance and Global Health

DISASTER MEDICINE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR MEDICAL AND NURSING STUDENTS• TdmT - Training disaster medicine Trainers• DisasterSISM• Disaster Medicine module in the standard

medical curriculum at the Università del Piemonte Orientale

DISASTER MEDICINE EDUCATION

AND TRAINING FOR hEALTh PROFESSIONALS• Humanitarian Medic

• Disaster Medic • Hospital Disaster Preparedness

• Pre-deployment Training for Ebola Emergency Response

AD hOC CURRICULUM AND SIMULATION bASED

TRAINING DEvELOPMENT• Basic and Advanced Modular Courses

for Health Professionals • Instructor Course and Faculty Development

• Scenario-Based Training

MAIN AREAS OF EDUCATION

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MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCh

PROFESSIONALIzATION OF hEALTh wORKERS

IN DISASTER AND hUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

OPERATIONAL RESEARCh IN DISASTER AND hUMANITARIAN SETTINGS

SIMULATION AND EMERGING

TEChNOLOGIES IN DISASTER EDUCATION

hOSPITAL DISASTER RESILIENCE

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MAIN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

EMDM - European Master in Disaster MedicineThe EMDM, Master of Science in Disaster Medicine, is a level-two master program jointly organized by CRIMEDIM, the Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Medicine of the Università del Piemonte Orientale (UPO) and ReGEDiM, the Research Group on Emergency and Disaster Medicine of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). The course is aimed at all health professionals involved in the medical disaster management and humanitarian health response at local, national and international level.

The EMDM is an inter-university and international course, which counts on a faculty of qualified professionals in disaster medicine and humanitarian health affiliated with worldwide renowned institutions and universities.

So far, the EMDM program has inspired and trained more than 500 professionals all over the world.

Visit the website www.dismedmaster.com

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humanitarian Medic - humanitarian health Response Training ProgramHumanitarian Medic is an innovative training program, designed and coordinated by CRIMEDIM in collaboration with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctor Without Borders, Italian section).

The program is restricted to medical doctors in their final years of training or residency program in Anesthesia, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, from any university all over the world. The aim of the training program is to provide residents with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to proficiently participate to international disaster responses and humanitarian health programs and to contribute to the development of professional skills when working in

emergency settings with limited resources.

Moreover, this experience demonstrates how academia can successfully partner with humanitarian aid organizations to promote the professionalization of future humanitarian health workers.

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DisasterSISMDisasterSISM is a national innovative multilevel educational program developed by CRIMEDIM in collaboration with the Italian Medical Students’ Secretariat (SISM). It is designed for medical students and aims to provide young future physicians with the basic and advanced knowledge of Disaster Medicine.

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Virtual Reality Simulation Training for Ebola DeploymentThe Ebola outbreak in West Africa was one of the worst natural disaster of the last decades. The international medical community was very sensitive to the development of effective pre-deployment training programs to ensure the adequate safety of humanitarian workers. CRIMEDIM and Save the Children International (SCI) collaborated to develop and implement a specific training using virtual reality (VR) and hybrid simulation to improve the safety of humanitarian workers against the possible infection with Ebola virus,

and an evaluation tool to assess the improvement of humanitarian workers’ technical and non-technical skills.

MAIN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMSTdmT - Training Disaster Medicine TrainersTraining Disaster Medicine Trainers (TdmT) is the first international program that teaches medical students basic knowledge about disaster medicine. The initiative is managed by CRIMEDIM together with the International

Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) with the aim to empower medical students to take action on disaster medicine in their communities by equipping them with knowledge and skills on disaster and humanitarian health.

The medical students are selected from an international pool of students and they have the chance to learn from experts of international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the Alumni of the European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM), and experienced CRIMEDIM professionals.

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MAIN RESEACh PROJECTS

TEAMS is a EU funded project aimed at developing a standardized, validated and cost-effective training package, focused on operational team training for Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs).

The consortium is led by CRIMEDIM and composed of HCRI (UK), Karolinska Institutes (Sweden), Tel Aviv University (Israel), Istanbul Medeniyet University (Turkey), Humedica (Germany) and Novareckon (Italy).

The final result will be an open online training package consisting of innovative blended learning teaching materials and

simulation-based exercises focused on operational team training, adaptable to different types of EMTs, and sustainable for low-income countries and resource-poor settings.

Along with all the EMT organizations, universities, professional bodies and training agencies involved in EMT training are expecting to benefit from the outcomes of this project.

www.teams-project.eu

TEAMS - Training for Emergency Medical Teams and European Medical CorpsConcerns regarding the standard of medical care provided in disasters and the lack of preparedness of health workers has been raised. Health practitioners have been observed to work outside their scope of practice and license, and teams have lacked

basic capacities and logistic means to operate self-sufficiently. Additional concerns have been highlighted regarding the lack of cultural awareness and coordination with local authorities as well as international agencies.

Funded by the European Union

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THREATS - Terrorist attacks on Hospitals: Risk and Emergency Assessment, Tools & Systems The three-year EU funded project THREATS is aimed at increasing the resilience of EU hospitals as critical infrastructure by improving their protection capability and security awareness against terrorist attacks.

The consortium was led by Hanover Associate Ldt (UK), and included the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (France), and San Raffaele Hospital (Italy).

Since July 2014, CRIMEDIM cooperated with the consortium partners to deliver a series of models and toolkits to help EU medical facilities to recognize

possible weaknesses, risks and threats and subsequently enhance their preparedness against terrorist attacks targeting hospitals and healthcare infrastructures.

www.threatsproject.eu

TIER - Integrated strategy for CBRN Threat Identification and Emergency Response TIER is a EU funded project with the primary objective to develop a comprehensive and integrated strategy, based on threat identification and risk assessment, for hospital emergency response in case of use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear materials and explosives by terrorists.

CRIMEDIM, in collaboration with the Department of Economics and Business

Studies of the Università del Piemonte Orientale, led a consortium composed of public universities, research institutes, private companies and hospitals.

With the support of international experts, the Consortium delivered a risk assessment and calculator model, designed two training courses subsequently developed in France and Italy and an assessment tool, with regard to hospital preparedness and response performance in case of CBRN emergencies.

www.tierproject.eu

MAIN RESEACh PROJECTS

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First national prehospital emergency medical system for Sierra Leone Medici con l’Africa CUAMM and CRIMEDIM are involved in a major project funded by the World Bank to start a national transport system for obstetric and surgical emergencies. The challenge in Sierra Leone (which was hit hard by Ebola between 2014 and 2015) is to respond to the emergencies and create a stable and lasting emergency medical system. Starting from the positive experience of the rural district of Pujehun,

where CUAMM operates since 2012, thousands ambulance service paramedics will be trained in all the country. At the end of the 2-year work plan, CUAMM, CRIMEDIM and the Veneto Region will release a fully staffed, equipped and functional prehospital emergency medical system providing citizens of Sierra Leone with prompt, safe and effective access to healthcare in times of urgent needs and enabling the Country to leverage existing healthcare infrastructure and local expertise to maximum advantage.

www.mediciconlafrica.org

PROJECTS IN ThE FIELD

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SIMULATION TEChNOLOGIES

High Fidelity SimulationHigh fidelity allows mastering practical skills in a simulated environment reproducing real situations, including resource-constrained environments. Through the use of high fidelity simulation, students develop the ability to proficiently delivering healthcare in

simulated disaster and humanitarian settings. This kind of simulation fosters active participation instead of passive learning in a standardized and consistent environment, while also steepening the learning curve.

Simulation is extensively used for educational purposes. Through participatory simulation, students take an active role within an immersive environment, that can replace and amplify real experiences with guided ones. Students’ involvement in the “virtually real” activities allow them to learn directly

from their experience and also to retrain and practice to correct mistakes, perfect steps and fine-tune skills. Teamwork training conducted in the simulated environment offers an additive benefit to the traditional didactic instruction, enhance performance, and possibly also help reduce errors.

Virtual SimulationVirtual simulation represents a valid innovative method for education and training in disaster medicine. For its courses CRIMEDIM uses a series of tools and solutions that recreate realistic training scenarios where students are trained, individually or in team, to manage different emergency situations in a setting where good practice can be identified and shared but where mistakes have no operational consequences. Among the available solutions, virtual reality simulation is largely used, thanks to the flexibility and realism it offers. It has been also used for practicing the logistic aspects of contingency planning across the entire emergency services chain reproducing different scenarios with realistic configurations of countries,

regions, emergency service facilities and hospitals. Virtual simulation gives the possibility to engage students online by distance to enhance the ability to work in teams to coordinate the response to natural and man-made disasters.

Live SimulationLive simulation represents the milestone of disaster and humanitarian education and training. They are unique opportunities to evaluate policies, guidelines, and the command and control chain; to increase the training of personnel in emergency and crisis roles; to improve interagency coordination and communications; and to test

plan and procedures and eventually implement them. Functional and full-scale simulations are operation-based exercises that allow to exercise both procedures and facilities’ functionality. This include all levels of participating health organizations, including the mobilization of personnel and resources, activation of operation centers and actual movement of equipment.

CRIMEDIM field activities include actors, appropriately trained for the exercise to perform as smart victims, simulating clinical conditions and tracing medical actions.

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whO COLLAbORATING CENTRE

CRIMEDIM has been designated World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Emergency and Disaster Medicine in August 2016.

By definition, a WHO Collaborating Centre is an institution designated by the Director-General of WHO to form part of an international collaborative network set up by WHO in support of its program at the country, regional, and global levels.

In line with the WHO policy and strategy of technical cooperation, a WHO

Collaborating Centre also participates in the strengthening of country resources, in terms of information, services, research and training, in support of national health development.

In this framework, CRIMEDIM works to provide strategic support to the WHO in what specifically concerns training and research in emergency and disaster medicine.

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United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Induction CourseCRIMEDIM hosted the UNDAC Induction Course from Sunday 20th November to Friday 2nd December 2016, organized by OCHA’s Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS) with the support of DG ECHO in conjunction with Novarseti Viaggi, the Italian Civil Protection Department and the Belgian Federal Public Service of Health.

More than 30 participants from 20 different countries, selected among humanitarian and disaster managers from international organizations and national emergency management institutions, were inducted in the UNDAC system to establish and facilitate humanitarian coordination following sudden onset disasters.

Emergency Medical Team Coordination Cell (EMTCC) Training CourseIn 2016 and 2017 CRIMEDIM hosted two editions of the WHO EMT Coordination Cell Training, organized by the EMT Secretariat with the support of DG ECHO and partner organizations, Novarseti Viaggi, the Italian Civil Protection Department and the Belgian Federal Public Service of Health. During a week-long intensive training, the participants were trained and challenged to assess, establish, operate, and deactivate an Emergency Medical Team Coordination Cell during a simulated disaster.

CRIMEDIM is supporting European Commission - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection (DG ECHO) in the design, planning and organization of training courses for personnel active in the international disaster response field, in the framework of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism.

UN TRAININGFunded by the European Union

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLAbORATIONS

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worldwide Experiences• Iraq, Analysis of the Trauma

Care Plan implemented by WHO to guarantee access to care to the population of Mosul (2017)

• Gaza, Activity of humanitarian health assistance with MSF (2017)

• Italy, Central Italy earthquakes Emergency Aid Response with the Italian Civil Protection (2016)

• Sierra Leone, Assessment to create and implement the National Emergency Medical System (EMS), prehospital emergency care, ambulance service and disaster response for Sierra Leone (2016)

• Yemen, Activity of humanitarian health assistance with MSF during the conflict (2015 - 2016)

• Nepal, Activity of Capacity Building within the project

of rehabilitation after the earthquake with MSF (2015)

• Afghanistan, Maternal health program with MSF (2015)

• Sierra Leone, Virtual Reality training program for Ebola response in collaboration with Save the Children International (2014)

• Uganda, Research project of postoperative pain management after major surgery in a low-resource

Free University of Brussels, BelgiumUniversity of Alberta, CanadaUniversity of California Irvine, USAHarvard Umanitarian Initiative, USAUniversity of Geneva, Switzerland Karolinska Institute, SwedenLinköping University, SwedenJazan University, Saudi Arabia

Makerere University, UgandaUniversity of Manchester, UKHacettepe University, TurkeyUniversity of Cluj, RomaniaUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, ItalyTel Aviv University, Israel Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey

World Health Organization (WHO) – official WHO Collaborating CentreUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Universities

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environment in collaboration with the Makerere University (2014)

• Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan Emergency Aid Response with the Italian Civil Protection (2014)

• Burkina Faso, Combining Dedicated Online Training and Apprenticeships in the Field to Assist in Professionalization of Humanitarian Aid Workers (2011 - 2013)

• Abu Dhabi, SEHA (Disaster Management and Emergency preparedness System - building capacity and assuring integration, 2011-12)

• Haiti, Activity of Capacity Building within the project of rehabilitation after the earthquake (2010)

• Albania, World Health Organization, Country Office (Medical Management of Climate Change-related Health Emergencies, 2009)

• Italy, Aquila Earthquake Emergency Aid Response with the Italian Civil Protection (2009)

• Italy, United Nation Medical Emergency Response Team (UNMERT Mass Casualty Course, 2008) Algarve Health Authority,

• Sri Lanka, United Nation Development Program in Galle District (Emergency and disaster management, 2008)

Italian Civil Protection DepartmentItalian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM)European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) Disaster Medicine Service - Piedmont RegionSave the Children International (SCI)Belgian First Aid and Support (B-FAST)International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA)Segretariato Italiano Studenti in Medicina (SISM)Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD)Ares MarcheHumedica e.V.Doctors with Africa CUAMMRed Cross Novara

Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations

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UNIT COORDINATORS

Professionalization of health workers in disaster and humanitarian assistance: Luca Ragazzoni

Operational research in disaster and humanitarian settings: Alba Ripoll Gallardo

Simulation and emerging technologies: Pier Luigi Ingrassia

Hospital disaster resilience: Davide Colombo

Disaster Medicine Education and Training: Marta Caviglia

Since the foundation in 2007, CRIMEDIM’S main goals have focused on the improvement of the health care system response in emergency, disaster and crisis through increasing knowledge, skills and attitudes of health care providers.

Our strategy is based on scientific evidence and on field experience at regional, national and international level.

Our action aims to establish a common scientific program in education including scientifically based and validated models, often based on exercises using innovative technologies with specific attributes to different figures sharable worldwide; to foster collaboration among disaster medicine centers of education and training, institutions and scientific societies to implement effective evidence-based research; to enlarge our area of interest from emergency response

to preparedness, planning, mitigation and prevention.

Our activities are based on the use of simulation to teach medical students as well as health providers how to develop new education tools and networking with national and international centers sharing the same strategies.

The words we prefer are innovation, perspective and lateral thinking, enthusiasm, collaboration, networking, solidarity.

If you share the same perspective and vision, we will be eager to collaborate.

Francesco Della CorteDirector

Maria Grazia Fiori - Italy (Humanitarian Medic)

“Humanitarian Medic is an innovative training course, peculiar in its structure and organization because it provides all the basic knowledge to face and deal with particular situations in the area of disaster medicine. This knowledge is transferred also by exposing students to professional, technical and emotional challenges during simulation exercises and real life scenarios, presented during the Master course.”

ALUMNI PERSPECTIvES

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Annet Alenyo Ngabirano - Uganda (EMDM)

“As a national health advisor in disaster medicine, I had the huge responsibility of

advising on the management of disasters and I quickly realized that my fundamental medical training had not prepared me to face disaster situations.

EMDM was simply eye opener for me and gave me a family of disaster medicine specialists willing to support me.”

Marco Antonio becerril Ruiz - Mexico (TdmT)

“I was at the hospital at the very time the earthquake struck. The hospital got damaged and we had to evacuate. Many buildings were destroyed, people are trapped and we have patients coming in. I’m impressed but happy we had a quick and efficient response. However, we’re running out of material and staff are doing extra shifts... We’re getting tired. The civil population is helping with the search of trapped people and many have brought us food and supplies. The TdmT course

at CRIMEDIM did a lot! I helped in the evacuation during the earthquake and the immediate logistics of setting up the hospital areas in the parking lot.”

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LATEST PUbLICATIONS• Ahmadreza Djalali: questions everyone

must ask. Della Corte F, Burkle FM Jr, Gallardo AR, Ragazzoni L. Lancet. 2017 May 27;389(10084):2101.

• Self-Perception of Medical Students’ Knowledge and Interest in Disaster Medicine: Nine Years After the Approval of the Curriculum in German Universities. Wunderlich R, Ragazzoni L, Ingrassia PL, Corte FD, Grundgeiger J, Bickelmayer JW, Domres B. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017 Aug;32(4):374-381

• Medium- and long-term health effects of the L’Aquila earthquake (Central Italy, 2009) and of other earthquakes in high-income Countries: a systematic review. Ripoll Gallardo A, Alesina M, Pacelli B, Serrone D, Iacutone G, Faggiano F, Della Corte F, Allara E. Epidemiol Prev. 2016 Mar-Apr;40(2 Suppl 1):14-21.

• Assessment of disaster preparedness among emergency departments in Italian hospitals: a cautious warning for disaster risk reduction and management capacity. Paganini M, Borrelli F, Cattani J, Ragazzoni L, Djalali A, Carenzo L, Della Corte F, Burkle FM, Ingrassia PL. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2016 Aug 15;24(1):101.

• The Solidarity and Health Neutrality of Physicians in War & Peace. Burkle FM Jr, Erickson T, von Schreeb J, Kayden S, Redmond A, Chan EY, Della Corte F, Cranmer H, Otomo Y, Johnson K, Roy N. PLoS Curr. 2016 Jan 20;9.

• Education and Training of Emergency Medical Teams: Recommendations for a Global Operational Learning Framework. Amat Camacho N, Hughes A, Burkle FM Jr, Ingrassia PL, Ragazzoni L, Redmond A, Norton I, von Schreeb J. PLoS Curr. 2016 Oct 21;8

• Yemen’s Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis: Implications for International Humanitarian Law, the Geneva Convention, and the Future of Global Health Security. Ripoll Gallardo A, Burkle FM, Ragazzoni L, Della Corte F. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2016 Oct;10(5):701-703

• Tools and Checklists Used for the Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Preparedness: A Systematic Review. Nekoie-Moghadam M, Kurland L, Moosazadeh M, Ingrassia PL, Della Corte F, Djalali A. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2016 Oct;10(5):781-788.

• Virtual Laboratory and Imaging: an online simulation tool to enhance hospital disaster preparedness training experience. Carenzo L, Ragozzino F, Colombo D, Barra FL, Della Corte F, Ingrassia PL. Eur J Emerg Med. 2016 Sep 3.

• Comparison of the SACCO triage method versus START triage using a virtual reality scenario in advance care paramedic students. Jain T, Ragazzoni L, Stratton S, Della Corte F. CJEM. 2016 Jul;18(4):288-92.

• Evaluation of a new community-based curriculum in disaster medicine for undergraduates. Bajow N, Djalali A, Ingrassia PL, Ragazzoni L, Ageely H, Bani I, Corte FD. BMC Med Educ. 2016 Aug 26;16(1):225.

• Assessment of disaster preparedness among emergency departments in Italian hospitals: a cautious warning for disaster risk reduction and management capacity. Paganini M, Borrelli F, Cattani J, Ragazzoni L, Djalali A, Carenzo L, Della Corte F, Burkle FM, Ingrassia PL. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2016 Aug 15;24(1):101.

• An Italian version of the Ottawa Crisis Resource Management Global Rating Scale: a reliable and valid tool for assessment of simulation performance. Franc JM, Verde M, Gallardo AR, Carenzo L, Ingrassia PL. Intern Emerg Med. 2016 Jun 16.

• Hospital preparedness and response in CBRN emergencies: TIER assessment tool. Olivieri C, Ingrassia PL, Della Corte F, Carenzo L, Sapori JM, Gabilly L, Segond F, Grieger F, Arnod-Prin P, Larrucea X, Violi C, Lopez C, Djalali A. Eur J Emerg Med. 2016 Apr 7

• Postgraduate Education in Disaster Health and Medicine. Algaali KY, Djalali A, Della Corte F, Ismail MA, Ingrassia PL. Front Public Health. 2015 Aug 10;3:185.

• Yemen, an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Ripoll Gallardo A., Ragazzoni L, F. Della Corte BMJ 2015; 351:h4366

• TIER competency-based training course for the first receivers of CBRN casualties: a European perspective. Djalali A, Della Corte F, Segond F, Metzger MH, Gabilly L, Grieger F, Larrucea X, Violi C, Lopez C, Arnod-Prin P, Ingrassia PL. Eur J Emerg Med. 2016 Feb 26.

• Lo studio degli effetti sulla salute a medio e lungo termine del terremoto dell’Aquila e di altri terremoti in Paesi ad alto reddito: una revisione sistematica.

• Hospital Disaster Preparedness in Italy: a preliminary study utilizing the World Health Organization Hospital Emergency Response Evaluation Toolkit. Pier Luigi Ingrassia, Marco Mangini, Massimo Azzaretto, Ilenia Ciaramitaro, Laura Costa, Francesco Della Corte, Ahmadreza Djalali. Minerva anestesiologica, 2016 [in press].

• Preparedness of European hospitals to counter the terrorist attacks. Ahmadreza Djalali, Marta Caviglia, Carl Dakin, Chris Arculeo, Mick Massey, Carol Morey, Roberto Faccincani, Michele Carlucci, Sauro Vicini, Alain Guinet, Francesco Della Corte, Pier Luigi Ingrassia, in behalf of THREATS project Studies in conflicts and terrorism. [in press].

• Virtual disaster simulation: Lesson learned from an international collaboration that can be leveraged for disaster education in Iran. PLoS Curr. 2015 [in press].

• Proposal for a community-based disaster management curriculum for medical school undergraduates in Saudi Arabia. N. Bajow, A. Djalali, PL. Ingrassia, H. Agely, F. Della Corte. Am J Dis Med. 2015 [in press].

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• Core Competencies in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance: A Systematic Review. Ripoll Gallardo A, Djalali A, Foletti M, Ragazzoni L, Della Corte F, Lupescu O, Arculeo C, von Arnim G, Friedl T, Ashkenazi M, Fisher P, Hreckovski B, Khorram-Manesh A, Komadina R, Lechner K, Stal M, Patru C, Burkle FM, Ingrassia PL. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2015 May 5:1-10.

• Impact of the 2011 Revolution on Hospital Disaster Preparedness in Yemen. Aladhrai SA, Djalali A, Della Corte F, Alsabri M, El-Bakri NK, Ingrassia PL. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2015 Apr 16:1-7.

• Identifying Deficiencies in National and Foreign Medical Team Responses Through Expert Opinion Surveys: Implications for Education and Training. Djalali A, Ingrassia PL, Corte FD, Foletti M, Gallardo AR, Ragazzoni L, Kaptan K, Lupescu O, Arculeo C, von Arnim G, Friedl T, Ashkenazi M, Heselmann D, Hreckovski B, Khorram-Manesh A, Komadina R, Lechner K, Patru C, Burkle FM, Fisher P. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Apr;30(2):224.

• Virtual Reality Simulation Training for Ebola Deployment. Ragazzoni L, Ingrassia PL, Echeverri L, Maccapani F, Berryman L, Burkle FM, Della Corte F. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2015 Mar 18:1-4.

• Education in Disaster Management and Emergencies: Defining a New European Course. Khorram-Manesh A, Ashkenazi M, Djalali A, Ingrassia PL, Friedl T, von Armin G, Lupesco O, Kaptan K, Arculeo C, Hreckovski B, Komadina R, Fisher P, Voigt S, James J, Gursky E. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2015 Jun;9(3):245-55.

• Multiple withdrawals from single-use vials: a study on sterility. Ripoll Gallardo A, Meneghetti G, Ragazzoni L, Kroumova V, Ferrante D, Ingrassia PL, Ruzza P, Dell’Era A, Boniolo E, Koraqe G, Faggiano F, Della Corte F. Int J Pharm. 2015 May 15;485(1-2):160-3.

• Art of disaster preparedness in European union: a survey on the health systems. Djalali A, Della Corte F, Foletti M, Ragazzoni L, Ripoll Gallardo A, Lupescu O, Arculeo C, von Arnim G, Friedl T, Ashkenazi M, Fischer P, Hreckovski B, Khorram-Manesh A, Komadina R, Lechner K, Patru C, Burkle FM Jr, Ingrassia PL. PLoS Curr. 2014 Dec 17;6.

• Combining Dedicated Online Training and Apprenticeships in the Field to Assist in Professionalization of Humanitarian Aid Workers: a 2-year Pilot Project for Anesthesia and Intensive Care Residents Working in Resource Constrained and Low-income Countries. Foletti M, Ingrassia PL, Ragazzoni L, Djalali A, Ripoll Gallardo A, Burkle FM Jr, Della Corte F. PLoS Curr. 2014 Jul 21;6.

• Professionalization of anesthesiologists and critical care specialists in humani-tarian action: a nationwide poll among italian residents. Ripoll Gallardo A, Ingrassia PL, Ragazzoni L, Djalali A, Carenzo L, Burkle FM, Della Corte F. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Feb;30(1):16-21.

• Disaster medicine through Google Glass. Carenzo L, Barra FL, Ingrassia PL, Colombo D, Costa A, Della Corte F. Eur J Emerg Med. 2015 Jun;22(3):222-5.

• A Simple Graphical Method for Quantification of Disaster Management Surge Capacity Using Computer Simulation and Process-control Tools. Franc JM, Ingrassia PL, Verde M, Colombo D, Della Corte F. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Feb;30(1):9-15.

• Nationwide program of education for undergraduates in the field of disaster medicine: development of a core curriculum centered on blended learning and simulation tools. Ingrassia PL, Ragazzoni L, Tengattini M, Carenzo L, Della Corte F. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014 Oct;29(5):508-15.

• Does Hospital Disaster Preparedness Predict Response Performance During a Full-scale Exercise? A Pilot Study. Djalali A, Carenzo L, Ragazzoni L, Azzaretto M, Petrino R, Della Corte F, Ingrassia PL. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014 Oct;29(5):441-7.

• Identifying deficiencies in national and foreign medical team responses through expert opinion surveys: implications for education and training. Djalali A, Ingrassia PL, Corte FD, Foletti M, Gallardo AR, Ragazzoni L, Kaptan K, Lupescu O, Arculeo C, von Arnim G, Friedl T, Ashkenazi M, Heselmann D, Hreckovski B, Khorrram-Manesh A, Komadina R, Lechner K, Patru C, Burkle FM, Fisher P; Scientific Committee of DITAC Project. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014 Aug;29(4):364-8.

• The European Masters Degree in Disaster Medicine (EMDM): A Decade of Exposure. Della Corte F, Hubloue I, Ripoll Gallardo A, Ragazzoni L, Ingrassia PL, Debacker M. Front Public Health. 2014 May 21;2:49.

• Nonstructural Safety of Hospitals for Disasters: A Comparison Between Two Capital Cities. Djalali A, Ardalan A, Ohlen G, Ingrassia PL, Corte FD, Castren M, Kurland L. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2014 Apr 7:1-6.

• Education and training initiatives for crisis management in the European Union: a web-based analysis of available programs. Ingrassia PL, Foletti M, Djalali A, Scarone P, Ragazzoni L, Corte FD, Kaptan K, Lupescu O, Arculeo C, von Arnim G, Friedl T, Ashkenazi M, Heselmann D, Hreckovski B, Khorram-Manesh A, Komadina R, Lechner K, Patru C, Burkle FM, Fisher P. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014 Apr;29(2):115-26.

• Italian medical students and disaster medicine: awareness and formative needs. Ragazzoni L, Ingrassia PL, Gugliotta G, Tengattini M, Franc JM, Corte FD. Am J Disaster Med. 2013 Spring;8(2):127-36.

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