Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Table of Contents
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 2
April – June 2004

Editor’s Corner
A Paradox and a Dilemma. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD

Editorial
A New Opportunity for Public Health Development: Athens 2004. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Jeffrey Levett

Original Research
Mass-Casualty Terrorist Bombings In Istanbul, Turkey, November 2003: Reports of the Events
and the Prehospital Emergency Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Ulkemen Rodoplu, MD; Jeffrey L. Arnold, MD; Rifat Tokyay, MD; Gurkan Ersoy, MD; Serkan Cetiner;
Tayfun Yucel, MD

A Comparison of Patient Needs Following Two Hurricanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Kevin E. Nufer, MD; Gina Wilson-Ramirez, MD, MPH

Counting Crises: US Hospital Evacuations, 1971–1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Ernest Sternberg, PhD; George C. Lee, PhD; Danial Huard, CET

Long-Range Rescue Helicopter Missions in the Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Rolf Haagensen; Karl-Ake Sjoborg; Anders Rossing; Henry Ingilae;
Lars Markengbakken; Peter-Andreas Steen

Efficacy of Critical Incident Monitoring for Evaluating Disaster Medical Readiness and Response
During the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Arthas Flabouris, MD, JFICM; Antony Nocera, MD, FACEM; Alan Garner, MD, FACEM

Injuries Among Afghan Refugees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH; Adnan A. Hyder, MD, MPH, PhD; CM Shahbaz

Special Report
Civilian Exposure to Toxic Agents: Emergency Medical Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
David Baker, DM, FRCA

Case Report
Challenges of Major Incident Management When Excess Resources are Allocated: Experiences
from a Mass Casualty Incident after Roof Collapse of a Military Command Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Luis Romundstad, MD; Knut Ole Sundnes, MD; Johan Pillgram-Larsen, MD;
Geir K. Roste, MD, PhD; Mads Gilbert, MD, PhD

Forum
Influence on Poison Center Call Volume After 11 September 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Frank LoVecchio, DO, MPH; Kenneth Katz; David Watts; Abbe Pitera

Supplement
6th Nordic Congress on Disaster Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Supplement 2
International Standards and Guidelines on Education and
Training for the Multi-disciplinary Health Response to Major
Events that Threaten the Health Status of a Community
Education Committee Working Group
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
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