Emerging Infectious Diseases:
Figure 8.1. The epidemiological triangle. This type of diagram is widely used to represent the interconnectedness of the three major components involved in the emergence of infectious diseases. The “Host”…
Telemedicine and Telehealth:
Figure 26.1. Clinical Video Conferencing System. Real-time videoconferencing for clinical purposes, also known as synchronous telehealth, allows an expert clinician from any specialty to help manage patients who are in…
Quarantine
Planning for a public health emergencyMeasures to detect and track public health emergenciesDeclaring a state of public health emergencySpecial powers during a state of public health emergency: control of propertySpecial…
Disaster Health Education and Training:
Figure 2.1. National Preparedness System Process This process begins with the identification of threats and hazards. These include: 1) a risk assessment (vulnerability and likelihood of occurrence); 2) determining the…
Disaster Research and Epidemiology
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters [http://www.ijmed.org/] Mass Emergencies [http://www.massemergencies.org/]1970–presentCenter for Disease Control, and later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Public health, especially epidemiologyDescriptive and some explanatory…
Climate Change
Figure 4.1. Climate Data Sets Showing Global Temperature Increase since 1850 (MLOST is the Merged Land-Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis produced by the National Climatic Center of the National Oceanic and…
Ethical Issues in Disaster Medicine
Figure 7.1. Front page of the Boston Globe describing the attack at the Boston Marathon. The bombs were designed to inflict the most damage to the runners’ legs. Because the…
Decontamination
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 16 Decontamination Howard W. Levitin and Christopher A. Kahn Overview Hazardous materials, in various quantities and configurations, are ubiquitous throughout the world. They are key ingredients…
Syndromic Surveillance
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 13 Syndromic Surveillance Gary A. Roselle Overview Syndromic surveillance has been defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as “a process that…
Legislative Authorities and Regulatory Issues
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 12 Legislative Authorities and Regulatory Issues Ernest B. Abbott and Jeffrey H. Luk Overview Catastrophic disasters disrupt the health and medical system in a variety of…
