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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
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Chapter 6. Disaster Preparedness and Response
Sections: Disaster Preparedness and Response: Introduction, Definition of a Disaster, Disaster Preparedness and Planning, Hospital Emergency Operations Plan, Field Disaster Response, ED Disaster Response, Acknowledgments, References.
Topics Discussed: disaster planning; disasters and emergency preparedness.
Excerpt:"Disasters have claimed millions of lives and
cost billions of dollars worldwide in the past few decades. Recent
examples of large-scale disasters include the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001, the intentional distribution of anthrax in
the U.S. in 2001, the 2004 Pacific Ocean tsunami, and the 2010 earthquake
in Haiti. Emergency physicians frequently have extensive responsibilities
for community and hospital-level disaster preparedness and response.
This chapter discusses the definition of a disaster, disaster preparedness
and planning, the hospital emergency operations plan, field disaster
response, and the ED disaster response...."
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