Mass Fatality Management
Figure 23.1. The DMORT Disaster Morgue at an Aviation Accident. Figure 23.2. The DMORT Disaster Morgue Showing Forensic Workstations. Figure 23.3. A Schematic of a Morgue Layout Showing Work Areas…
Landslides
Figure 42.1. Beichuan Middle School landslide, China, 2008. Unprotected victims were incorporated into the landslide, resulting in over 800 victims with no survivors. © David Petley http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2009/03/25/beichuan-photos-of-the-aftermath-of-a-natural-catastrophe. While landslides are…
Management of Mass Gatherings
Figure 19.1. Kumbh Mela Religious Festival accommodations on floodplain. Medical planners may underestimate the numbers who will require medical attention at such events.20 Avery describes the planning for a papal…
Populations with Functional or Access Needs
Figure 10.1. The Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma Shows Tornado Damage That Resulted in Loss of the Lives of Seven Children. Photo by Andrea Booher, FEMA. Psychological treatment,…
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…
