Preparedness and Response to a Rural Mass Casualty Incident

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Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine (Autoren)

Bruce M. Altevogt, Theresa Wizemann (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2011
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-17717-7 (ISBN)

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Problems contacting emergency services and delayed assistance are not unusual when incidents occur in rural areas, and the consequences can be devastating, particularly with mass casualty incidents. The IOM's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop to examine the current capabilities of emergency response systems and the future opportunities to improve mass casualty response in rural communities.

1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 Case Examples: 2008 Mexican Hat, Utah, Incident and 2010 Albert Pike, Arkansas, Flood; 4 3 9-1-1 Access and Communications; 5 4 Challenges Facing the Prehospital System; 6 5 Coordination and Integration Across Response Platforms; 7 6 Establishing Metrics to Assess Risk and Capabilities; 8 7 Improving Rural Mass Casualty Response in the United States; 9 8 Needs and Opportunities; 10 Appendix A: References; 11 Appendix B: Workshop Agenda; 12 Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Invited Speakers and Panelists

Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-309-17717-0 / 0309177170
ISBN-13	978-0-309-17717-7 / 9780309177177
Zustand	Neuware