Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Table of Contents
VOLUME 20, NUMBER 3
May – June 2005

Editor’s Corner
Growth and Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD

Editorial
The Indian Ocean Tsunami Event: An Obvious Necessity for Research and Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Samuel J. Stratton, MD, MPH

Theoretical Discussion
Risk and Risk Assessment in Health Emergency Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Jeffrey L. Arnold, MD

OP or Not OP: The Medical Challenge at the Chemical Terrorism Scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Amir Krivoy, MD; Ido Layish, MD; Eran Rotman, MD; Avi Goldberg, MD; Yoav Yehezkelli, MD

Original Research
The Use of Trained Observers as an Evaluation Tool for a Multi-Hospital Bioterrorism Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Kelly R. Klein, MD; Dale C. Brandenburg, PhD; Jenny G. Atas, MD; Ann Maher, MSA, EMT-P

Forecasting Medical Work at Mass-Gathering Events: Predictive Model Versus Retrospective Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Kathryn M. Zeitz, MD, PhD; Chris J. Zeitz, MD, PhD; Paul Arbon, MD, PhD

Hospital Bed Surge Capacity in the Event of a Mass-Casualty Incident. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Daniel P. Davis, MD; Jennifer C. Poste; Toni Hicks, RN; Deanna Polk, RN; Therese E. Rymer, RN, CFNP, COHN-S; Irving Jacoby, MD

Injuries and Illnesses Treated at the World Trade Center, 14 September-20 November 2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Kara R. Perritt, MS; Winifred L. Boal, MPH; The Helix Group, Inc.

Survey of EMTs' Attitudes towards Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Tracy L. Smith-Cumberland, PhD, PA-C; Robert H. Feldman, PhD

Brief Report
Get Off the Bus: Sound Strategy for Injury Prevention During a Tornado?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
R. Dawn Comstock, PhD; Sue Mallonee, RN, MPH

Case Study
Communication and Health Protection Issues Arising from a Flooding Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Nick Wilson, MBChB, FAFPHM, DIH, MPH; Mary McINtyre, PhD; Mark McDonald; Helen Tanner; Kelli Hart; Rueben Tomlinson;
Thu Thach; Vicki Campion; Dominique Lee; Frances Morrison; Erik Andersen; Susan Bibby, DPhil

Preliminary Report
Comparative Analysis of Traumatic Deaths in Nigeria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Edeaghe Eni Ehijkhamenor, BDS, MSc; Mike A. Ojo, BDS, MMSc, Dip.Radiology

Forum
Letter To The Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Takashi Ukai, MD

Letter To The Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Jeffrey L. Arnold, MD; James Paturas, EMT-P; Ulkumen Rodoplu, MD

Abstracts
Spanish Translations of Selected Abstracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Translated by Graciela Zapata

Supplement
Additional Abstracts of Scientific and Invited Papers for the 14th World Congress
for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .s1