Summary
Management of information and messages to the population in emergency, evacuation and simulation exercise situations
Acinas MP
Affiliation of the authors
PSYCHOLOGIST. SPECIALIST IN HANDLING EMERGENCIES AND CATASTROPHES. EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. SUPERVISOR OF IPSE (SPECIALIZED PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION), BURGOS, SPAIN
DOI
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Acinas MP. Management of information and messages to the population in emergency, evacuation and simulation exercise situations. Emergencias. 2007;19:88-95
Summary
The basic components of the information transmission procedure are
defined, and the elements of the general public response to emergencies,
evacuations and simulation exercises are summarised. A number
of investigations have demonstrated that specific, consistent, true, clear, appropriate
and sufficient information can promote an adequate definition of the
situation among those receiving it. There are a number of implications regarding
what the general public requires in terms of facilities, services and information
before, during and after an emergency.