Introduction to Disaster Medicine

Section One: Introduction

• Public Health and Disasters
• The Role of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Disaster
• Role of Emergency Medicine in Disaster Management
• The Role of Hospitals in Disaster
• Complex Emergencies
• Children and Disaster
• Psychological Impact of Disaster
• Ethical Issues in the Provision of Emergency Medical Care in Multiple Casualty Incidents and Disasters
• Liability Issues in Emergency Response

Section Two: Governmental Resources

• Disaster Response in the United States
• Local Disaster Response
• Disaster Planning: State Programs and Response
• Selected Federal Disaster Response Agencies and Capabilities
• International Disaster Response
• Disaster-Emergency Management Programs

Section Three: Pre-Event Topics

• Community Hazard Vulnerability Assessment
• Health Care Facility Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis
• Public Information Management
• Informatics and Telecommunications in Disaster
• Disaster Mitigation
• Vaccines
• Occupational Medicine: An Asset in Time of Crisis
• Worker Health and Safety in Disaster Response
• Disaster Preparedness
• Policy Issues in Disaster Preparedness and Response
• Mutual Aid
• Surge Capacity

Section Four (Part One): Event Response Topics

• Operations and Logistics
• The Incident Command System
• Scene Safety in Disaster Response
• Needs Assessment
• Disaster Communications
• Media Relations
• Managing Volunteers and Donations
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Surveillance
• Management of Mass Fatalities

Section Four (Part Two): Medical Operations in Disasters

• Disaster Management of Animals
• Urban Search and Rescue
• Medical Care in Remote Areas
• EMS Beyond the Barricade
• Triage
• Patient Tracking Systems in Disasters
• Tactical EMS
• Infectious Disease in a Disaster Zone
• Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment in Disasters

Section Five: Post-Event Topics

• Displaced Populations
• Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
• Disaster Education and Research
• Practical Applications of Disaster Epidemiology
• Measures of Effectiveness in Disaster Management

Section Six: Topics Unique to Terrorist Events

• Lessons Learned as a Result of Terrorist Attacks
• The Psychology of Terrorism
• Medical Intelligence
• Thinking Outside the Box: Health Service Support Considerations in the Era of Asymmetrical Threats
• Accidental Versus Intentional Event
• Multimodality, Layered Attack
• Operations Security Site Security and Incident Response
• Integration of Law Enforcement and Military Resources with the Emergency Response to a Terrorist Incident
• Nuclear Disaster Management
• Chemical Attack
• Biologic Attack
• Future Biologic and Chemical Weapons
• Improvised Explosive Devices
• Directed-Energy Weapons
• Emergency Department Design
• Chemical, Biologic, and Nuclear Quarantine
• Chemical Decontamination
• Radiation Decontamination