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MCat: Disaster Management
Cat: Health Service Disasters

Emergency plans and disaster guidance for health care facilities. Quarantines.

75 Resources
Aeromedical Evacuation System [pdf] [26117] ?

Tactics, techniques and procedures for accomplishing air medical evacation of the sick and injured

Blast Injury [pdf] [39482] ?

Describes pioneering biomedical research that forms the basis of our current knowledge of blast injury mechanisms

Care of the Combat Amputee [39480] ?

Medical Issues in the Care of the Combat Amputee

Chemicals: Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents [19911] ?

Recommendations for on-scene (prehospital), and hospital medical management

Clinical Center Emergency Handbook [3870] ?

Full text of an emergency handbook in use by the National Institutes of Health

Combat Stress Control Leader's Manual [26121] ?

US military manual

Communicable Diseases & Disasters [20077] ?

Technical Guidelines for Disaster Situations

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) [7882] ?

Manual on emergency health and medical services operations during disasters

Decontamination Line Set-Up for Hospitals [30050] ?

How to establish decontamination line layouts

Defense Against Toxic Weapons [pdf] [15038] ?

Medical countermeasures to chemical warfare agents

Disaster Preparedness and Medical Response [22470] ?

Reference materials from the AMA

Emergency Department Response to Hazardous Materials Incidents [pdf] [22531] ?

Advice for Hospital Emergency Departments for Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents

Emergency Department Screening and Isolation Drill Guidance [30056] ?

Guidance documents for hospital emergency departments

Emergency Drills & Exercises Toolkit [30055] ?

For hospitals and primary care centers

Emergency Management Essentials - Technical Guidelines for Health Disasters [37607] ?

Includes a reporting template to help with field data gathering

Emergency War Surgery [39484] ?

This Handbook is an essential tool for the management of forward combat trauma

Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disasters [20089] ?

Health management in emergencies

Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Drills [27697] ?

Tools and Models for Planning and Preparedness

Federal Response Plan ESF#8 Health & Medical Services Annex [pdf] [21901] ?

Full text of Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8 - Health and Medical Services

Field Manual: Health Services in a Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Environment [4281] ?

Full text of US Army manual on medical support services for nuclear, biological & chemical warfare

Field Operations Guide for Disaster Assessment and Response [pdf] [37605] ?

Emergency indicators and minimum standards

Groups with Special Needs [20079] ?

Technical Guidelines for Women, Children in Disaster Situations

Hazardous Materials Incidents - Emergency Care [151] ?

ATSDR emergency procedures for incidents involving hazardous materials/chemicals

Healthcare Bioterrorism Readiness Plan Template [pdf] [11501] ?

A template for healthcare facilities

Healthcare Organizations Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Decontamination [30048] ?

Summary of Joint Commission's accreditation requirements

HEICS: Hospital Emergency Incident Command System [22439] ?

Download the HEICS Plan

HICS: Hospital Emergency Incident Command System Template [20427] ?

HICS is a set of response procedures which fit within a hospital's emergency preparedness plan

Hospital Bioterrorism Readiness Plan Template [pdf] [20287] ?

Readiness for Potential Attack Using Chemical or Biological Agents - includes checklists

Hospital Disaster Preparedness Guidelines [30051] ?

Draft guidelines prepared by the State of New York

Hospital Emergency Management Checklist [20413] ?

Help your organization ensure that the appropriate elements are in place

Hospital Treatment Guidelines - Terrorism Agents [30052] ?

Treament guidelines for hospitals and clinicians on terrorism agents

Hurricane-Related Information for Health Care Professionals [27685] ?

Topics include infection control, medical management, patient advisement, dialysis care and much more

Immunization & Disasters [20078] ?

Technical Guidelines for Disaster Situations

Initial Health Policy Responses to Hurricane Katrina and Possible Next Steps [29051] ?

Some of the early responses to the many health care issues that surfaced in Katrina's wake

JCAHO Public Policy for Emergency Preparedness [20411] ?

Surge hospitals are designed to assist in absorbing an overwhelming number of patients during mass casualty events

Landing Zone & Safety [20075] ?

Includes landing zone requirements for helicopters

Mass Casualty Care Strategy for Biological Terrorism Incidents [30049] ?

An approach to disaster medical response with mass casualties

Updated Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources [30053] ?

A planning guide - strategies

Mass Trauma [23777] ?

Injuries & Mass Trauma Fact Sheets

Mass Trauma Preparedness and Response [23779] ?

Materials to assist in the preparation for and response to mass trauma

Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare [20402] ?

Treating chemical casualties of war

Medical Aspects of Radiological Injuries [pdf] [20267] ?

Includes treatment guidelines

Medical Center Hazard and Vulnerability Assessment Tool [30046] ?

Worksheet used to evaluate potential for event and response

Medical Center Hazard Vulnerability Analysis Tool [30047] ?

Uses a quantitative method to evaluate vulnerability

Medical Severity Index of Disasters [22884] ?

Algorithm to determine when the capacity of a region's medical resources are exceeded during an incident

Metropolitan Medical Response System Field Operations Guide [20214] ?

Field guide for first responders to assist in preparing for a medical response to a WMD incident

Military Advanced Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia Handbook [39483] ?

A resource for managing the pain of battlefield trauma

NATO Handbook on the Medical Aspects of NBC Defensive Operations [20269] ?

A guide for medical officers on the medical aspects of NBC operations

OSHA Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers of Victims [pdf] [26865] ?

Protection of hospital emergency department personnel during the receipt of contaminated victims

Pediatric Emergency Protocol [pdf] [25437] ?

A series of protocols

Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units [37601] ?

A network of experts in children's environmental health

Pediatric MCI Field Triage Tool - JumpSTART [25434] ?

A pediatric multiple casualty incident triage algorithm

Pediatrics: Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape [pdf] [25436] ?

Evaluation form for the correct use of the tape

Preparing for Terrorism [22342] ?

Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) Program - 2002

Preventive Medicine Services [26119] ?

Manual for preventive medicine staff in a theater of operations (pdf)

Principles of Disaster Mitigation in Health Facilities [22520] ?

Key principles of disaster mitigation - administrative, organizational & structural vulnerability

Radiation Disasters: Preparedness & Response for Radiology [22458] ?

Disaster Preparedness for Radiology Professionals

Radiation Emergency Accident Management [22469] ?

Guidance to those responding both at the scene of an accident (prehospital) and at the hospital

Radiation Emergency Medical Management [37600] ?

Guidance on diagnosis and treatment for health care providers

Radiation: Handling Patients Contaminated with Radioactive Materials [pdf] [11385] ?

A guide for medical professionals on how to handle patients exposed to radiation

Recovery Checklist for Hospitals After a Disaster [pdf] [37606] ?

Intended to assist facilities in maintaining a safe environment of care by checking potential issues after a disaster

Safe Hospitals Checklist for Disasters [pdf] [38756] ?

Tool to assist with the determining the safety of a hospital to accept patients after a disaster

Special Needs Facility Emergency Plan Guidance [pdf] [8300] ?

Planning guidance for special facilities such as nursing homes

Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Program [20201] ?

The establishment of the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile (NPS)

Theater Hospitalization [pdf] [26120] ?

Field manual about the combat support hospital, field hospital and the general hospital (pdf)

Trauma Performance Improvement: A Reference Manual [20268] ?

Handbook of performance improvement applications for trauma

Urban Hospitals and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina [29050] ?

Should urban hospitals be evacuated in advance of predicted disasters?

Urology in the Vietnam War [39487] ?

Casualty Management and Lessons Learned

US Army Medical Management Chemical Warfare Field Manual [pdf] [11522] ?

Treatment of Chemical Agent Casualties and Conventional Military Chemical Injuries

War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq [39485] ?

Describes the management of nearly 100 cases of acute combat trauma

Warfare Medicine [21640] ?

Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives

Water Requirements and Soldier Hydration [pdf] [39481] ?

Factors influencing daily water requirements

World Health Organization Standard Health Kits [20091] ?

Information on the contents of WHO emergency health kits


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