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

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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.

 

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