About the Authors

Tomer Simon

tomersi@asonot.org.il

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel, PREPARED Center for Emergency Response Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel, Ready.org.il – Emergency readiness and preparedness in Israel, Givatayim, Israel

Avishay Goldberg

Affiliation Department of Health Systems Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel

Limor Aharonson-Daniel

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel, PREPARED Center for Emergency Response Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel

Dmitry Leykin

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel, PREPARED Center for Emergency Response Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel, Department of Psychology, Tel Hai Academic College, Kiryat Shmona, Israel

Bruria Adini

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel, PREPARED Center for Emergency Response Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS. Performed the experiments: TS DL. Analyzed the data: TS DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS. Wrote the paper: TS. Contributed with the interpretation of data: BA AG LAD. Reviewed the manuscript, revised it and approved its final version: BA AG LAD.