Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Table of Contents
VOLUME 20, NUMBER 5
July – August 2005

Editor’s Corner
The 2005 London Bombings and the Haddon Matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Jeffrey L. Arnold, MD

Theoretical Discussions
Model Describing the Effect of Employment of the United States
Military in a Complex Emergency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Lt. Donald S. MacMillan, MSC, USNR
WITH
Editorial Comments: Difficult Discussions: Military Intervention and United
Nation Reform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Frederick M. Burkle, MD, MPH

Recommended Modifications and Applications of the Hospital Emergency Incident
Command System for Hospital Emergency Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Jeffrey L. Arnold, MD; Louise-Marie Dembry, MD; Ming-Che Tsai, MD, MPH; Nicholas Dainiak, MD;
Ulkumen Rodoplu, MD; David Schonfeld, MD; Vivek Parwani, MD; James Paturas, EMT-P;
Christopher Cannon, MPH, MSN, FACHE; Scott Selig, MAT

Symtpom-Based, Algorithmic Approach for Handling the Initial Encounter with Victims
of a Potential Terrorist Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
Italo Subbarao, DO, MBA; Christopher Johnson, DO; William F. Bond, MD; Howard A. Schwid, MD;
Thomas E. Wasser, PhD, Med; Greg A. Deye, MD, Major USAF; Keith K. Burkhart, MD

Original Research
Disaster Modeling: Medication Resources Required for Disaster Team Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Marc S. Rosenthal, PhD, DO; Kelly Klein, MD; Kathleen Cowling, DO; Mary Grzybowski, PhD, MPH;
Robert Dunne, MD

Assessment of Major and Minor Events that Occurred in Italy during the Last Century
Using a Disaster Severity Scale Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .316
Giorgia Ferro, MD, EMDM

Thiopental vs. Etomidate for Rapid Sequence Intubation in Aeromedicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Charles J. Sonday, BSN, CFRN; Jennifer Axelband, DO; Jeanne Jacoby, MD;
Robert Higgins, RN, EMT-P; Duane Crider, PhD

Special Reports
Strategies in Evaluation and Management of Bam Earthquake Victims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Mohammad J. Emami, MD; Ali R. Tavakoli, MD; Hossein Alemzadeh, MD; Farzad Abdinejad, MD;
Gholamhossain Shahcheraghi, MD, FRCS(C); Mohammad A. Erfani, MD; Kamran Mozafarian, MD;
Saeed Solooki, MD; Sorena Rezazadeh, MD; Ahmad Ensafdaran, MD; Hormoz Nouraie, MD;
Feriedoon M. Jaberi, MD; Maryam Sharifian

Benchmarking for Hospital Evacuation: A Critical Data Collection Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Carl H. Schultz, MD, FACEP; Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP;
Erik Auf de Heide, MD, MPH, FACEP; Robert Olson

Brief Report
Blackout 2003: Preparedness and Lessons Learned from the Perspectives of Four Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Kelly R. Klein, MD; Marc S. Rosenthal, DO, PhD; Howard A. Klausner, MD

Forum
Letter to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Viroj Wiwanitkit, MD

Abstracts
Spanish Translations of Selected Abstracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Translated by Graciela Zapata

Supplement
Abstracts of Scientific and Invited Papers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s156
First Yale-New Haven International Congress on Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management