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Natural Disasters Planning Resources

• Marx: Rosen: Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice 5th Ed.-2002 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Health Sciences Library subscription (INFO)
  • Chapter 188 - Disaster Preparedness: Access document
    • Perspective: Access document
    • Nature of Disasters: Access document
    • Triage: Access document
      • Routine Multiple-Casualty Triage: Access document
      • Catastrophic Casualty Management: Access document
      • Special Triage Categories: Access document
    • Prehospital Response: Access document
      • Emergency Medical Services System Protocols: Access document
      • Incident Command System: Access document
      • Organization of Prehospital Disaster Scene: Access document
    • Planning and Hospital Response: Access document
      • Comprehensive Emergency Management: Access document
      • Internal Disaster Plan: Access document
      • External Disaster Plan: Access document
      • Basic Components of Hospital Disaster Plan: Access document
    • Review of Hospital and Community Disaster Response Experience: Access document
      • Focal Disasters: Access document
      • Catastrophic Disasters: Access document
      • Toxic Disasters (Hazardous Material): Access document
    • Nuclear, Biologic, and Chemical Terrorism: Access document
    • Disaster Stress Management: Access document
    • Disaster Response Organizations: Access document
      • Federal Emergency Management Agency: Access document
      • National Disaster Medical System: Access document
      • Department of Veterans Affairs: Access document
      • Urban Search and Rescue: Access document
      • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Access document
      • Metropolitan Medical Strike Teams: Access document
    • Future Directions: Access document
    • Key Concepts: Access document
• Rakel: Textbook of Family Practice 6th Ed.-2002 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Health Sciences Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Chapter 54 - Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster Intervention: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Development of Crisis and Disaster Theory: Access document
    • Evaluating the Crisis or Disaster: Access document
    • Crisis Intervention Treatment in the Office Setting: Access document
    • Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: Access document
    • Conclusion: Access document
    • References: Access document
• Auerbach: Wilderness Medicine, 4th Ed.-2001 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Health Sciences Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Chapter 67 - Natural Disaster Management: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Nature of Disaster: Access document
    • Past Problems in Natural Disaster Management: Access document
    • Information Management Systems for Disaster Response: Access document
    • Health Care Needs in Specific Natural Disasters: Access document
    • Practical Issues in Natural Disaster Response: Access document
    • Public Health Problems: Access document
    • References: Access document
  • Chapter 68 - Natural and Human-Made Hazards: Mitigation and Management Issues: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Disaster Management: Access document
    • Earthquakes: Access document
    • Tsunamis: Access document
    • Volcanic Eruptions: Access document
    • Landslides: Access document
    • Tropical Cyclones: Access document
    • Tornadoes: Access document
    • Floods: Access document
    • Drought: Access document
    • Winter Storms: Access document
    • Environmental Pollution: Access document
    • Deforestation: Access document
    • Desertification: Access document
    • Acknowledgments and Resources: Access document
    • Suggested Readings: Access document
• E-Medicine Online Textbook: Table of contents
  • Disaster Planning: Access document
  • EMS and Mass Gatherings: Access document
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Homepage
  • National Center for Environmental Health Brochures: List of documents
    • Earthquake: Access document (also Espanol: Terremoto)
    • Extreme Cold: Access document (also Espanol: El Frío Extremo)
    • Extreme Heat: Access document (also Espanol: El Calor Extremo)
    • Flood: Access document (also Espanol: Inundación)
    • Hurricane: Access document (also Espanol: Huracán)
    • Tornado: Access document (also Espanol: Tornado)
• Healthfinder: Homepage
  • Emergency: List of documents
• YAHOO - Health:Emergency Services
  Additional Emergency Services Resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)