Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Table of Contents
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3
July – September 2004

Editor’s Corner
A Model for All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD

Editorial
The Word Accident: No Chance, No Error, No Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Jorge Neira, MD, FCCM; Laura Bosque, Lic

Comprehensive Review
Effectiveness of Hospital Staff Mass Casualty Incident Training Methods:
A Systematic Literature Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Edbert B. Hsu, MD, MPH; Mollie W. Jenckes, MHSc, BSN; Christina L. Catlett, MD;
Karen A. Robinson, MSc; Carolyn Feuerstein; Sara E. Cosgrove, MD, MS;
Gary B. Green, MD, MPH; Eric B. Bass, MD, MPH

Special Report
Information-Sharing in Out-of-Hospital Disaster Response:
The Future Role of Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Jeffrey L. Arnold, MD; Biran Neil Levine, PhD; R. Manmatha, PhD; Francis Lee, MD, MPH;
Prashant Shenoy, PhD; Ming-Che Tsai, MD, MPH; Taha K. Ibrahim, MD, FRCSI, CABS;
Daniel J. O'Brien, MD; Donald A. Walsh, PhD, LP

Original Research
The Development of Conceptual Models for Mass-Gathering Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Paul Arbon, PhD

Hazardous Substances Releases Causing Fatalities and/or People Transported to Hospitals:
Rural/Agricultural vs. Other Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Zahaba Berkowitz, MSc, MSPH; D. Kevin Horton, MSPH; Wendy E. Kaye, PhD

Health Indicators for Mothers and Children in Rural Herat Province, Afghanistan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Ayan Ahmed, MD, MPH; Anbrasi Edward, PhD, MPH; Gilbert Burnham, MD, PhD

Daily Stress and Concept of Self in Swedish Ambulance Personnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Anders Jonsson, RN, MSc; Kerstin Segesten, RN, PhD

Building the Tower of Babel: Cross-border Urgent Medical Assistance
in Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
G.B. Post, dr

Public Health Preparedness for Mass-Casualty Events: A 2002 State-by-State Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
N. Clay Mann, PhD, MS; Ellen MacKenzie, PhD; Cheryl Anderson, RN, MPH

Testing Emergency Medical Personnel Response to
Patients with Suspected Infectious Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Kelly R. Klein, MD; Jenny G. Atas, MD; Jerry Collins, CHSP

Remote Site Production of Sterile Purified Water from Available Surface Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Michael A. Taylor, PhD; Elaine F. Alambra, BS; John Anes, BS; Joel Behnke, BS;
Brandusa Enachescu, BS; Carolyn L. Fitzgerald, BS; Megan Fortado, BS; Mark L. Sizelove, BA

Analysis of Patient Load Data from the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
Naoto Morimura, MD, PhD; Atsushi Katsumi, MD, PhD; Yichi Koido, MD, PhD;
Katsuhiko Sugimoto, MD, PhD; Akira Fuse, MD, PhD; Yasfumi Asai, MD, PhD; Noburu Ishii, MD, PhD;
Toru Ishihara, MD, PhD; Chiho Fujii, MD, PhD; Mitsugi Sugiyama, MD, PhD; Hiroshi Henmi, MD, PhD;
Yasuhiro Yamamoto, MD, PhD