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Disaster Preparation and Response 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
• Sabiston: Textbook of Surgery 17th Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Health Sciences Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Chapter 25 - The Surgeon's Role in Unconventional Civilian Disasters: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Differences in the Ems and Trauma System Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction: Access document
    • Disaster Response Planning: Access document
    • Predicting Casualty Load And Severity: Access document
    • Predicting Hospital Capacity: Access document
    • Initial Response to Terrorist Attack: Metropolitan Medical Response System: Access document
    • National Disaster Medical System: Access document
    • Triage--Start System: Access document
    • Incident Command: Access document
    • Role of the Surgeon at the Scene: Access document
    • Hospital Response: Access document
    • The Operating Room: Access document
    • Isolation and the ICU: Access documnt
    • Bacterial Agents: Access document
    • Viruses: Access document
    • Toxins: Access document
    • Chemical Agents: Access document
    • Radiation Terrorism: Access document
    • Conclusion: Access document
    • Selected References: Access document
    • References: Access document
• Ford: Clinical Toxicology 1st Ed.-2001 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Health Sciences Library subscription (INFO)
  • Chapter 14 - Managing Patients with Hazardous Chemical Contamination: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Recognizing Patients with Chemical Contamination: Access document
    • Management Steps for Chemically Contaminated Patients: Access document
    • Medical Problems Encountered with Chemical Contamination: Access document
    • Developing the Haz-Mat Response Plan: Access document
• E-Medicine Online Textbook: Table of contents
  • Disaster Planning: Access document
  • EMS and Mass Gatherings: Access document
  • EMS and Terrorism: Access document
  • CBRNE - Personal Protective Equipment: Access document
  • CBRNE - Chemical Detection Equipment: Access document
  • CBRNE - Chemical Decontamination: Access document
  • CBRNE - Chemical Warfare Mass Casualty Management: Access document
  • Hazmat: Access document
• Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Psychiatry, and Surgery (eMedicine): Table of contents
  • Acute Treatment of Disaster Survivors: Access document
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Homepage
  • DHS Organization: Table of contents
  • Emergencies and Disasters: Table of contents
  • Travel and Transportation: Table of contents
  • Immigration and Borders: Table of contents
  • Research and Technology: Table of contents
  • Threats and Protection: Table of contents
  • Working with DHS: Table of contents
  • Press Room: Table of contents
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Homepage
  • Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: Table of contents
    • Emergency Response: List of documents
    • Biological Agents/Diseases: Table of contents
    • Surveillance: List of documents
    • Laboratory Information: List of documents
    • Preparation and Planning: List of documents
    • Training: List of documents
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Homepage
  • Library
    • FEMA Information: List of documents
    • Preparation and Prevention: List of documents
    • Disasters and Emergencies: List of documents
    • Response and Recovery: List of documents
• American Hospital Association: Homepage
  • Disaster Readiness: Table of contents
• Clinical Infectious Diseases [Journal]: Homepage
  • Special Section: Confronting Biological Weapons (June, 2000): Table of contents
• Emerging Infectious Diseases [Journal]: Homepage
  • Special Issue: Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism (July/August, 1999): Table of contents
• YAHOO - Health:Emergency Services
  Additional Emergency Services Resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)