Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Table of Contents
VOLUME 21, NUMBER 1
January– February 2006

Editor’s Corner
Disaster Myths and Hurricane Katrina 2005: Can Public Officials and the Media
Learn to Provide Responsible Crisis Communication during Disasters?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Jeffrey L. Arnold, MD

Original Research
Surviving Collasped Structure Entrapment after Earthquakes: A "Time-to-Rescue" Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Anthony G. Macintyre, MD.. ; Joseph A. Barbera; Edward R. Smith
WITH
Editorial Comments: Time, Space, and Earthquake Survival:
A New "Special Relativity" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Steven Rottman, MD

Precision of In-Hospital Triage in Mass-Casualty Incidents after Terror Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Itamar Ashkenazi, MD; Boris Kessel, MD; Tawfick Khashan, RN; Jacob Haspel, MD; Meir Oren MD;
Oded Olsha, MD; Ricardo Alfici, MD

Integrated Decision-Making in Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents:
Development and Initial Evaluation of a Course for Healthcare Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Erica Pryor, PhD, RN; Emily Heck, BA; Linda Norman, DSN, RN, FAAN;
Betsy Weiner, PhD, RN, FAAN; Rick Matthews, MS; James Black, MD; Thomas Terndrup, MD

Enhancing Local Health Department Disaster Response Capacity with
Rapid Community Needs Assessments: Validation of a Computerized Program
for Binary Attribute Cluster Sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Matthew R. Groenewold, MSPH

Special Report
On-Site Physicians at a Major Sporting Event in Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
E. Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa, MD, FRCS, FWACS; Temitope O. Alonge, MD, FRCS, FWACS;
Simbo D. Amanor-Boadu, MBBS, FWACS; Arinola A. Sanusi, MBBS, FWACS; Olatunji B. Alese, MBBS;
Olufunmilade O. Omisanjo, MBBS; Abiodun O. Adeyinka, MBBS, FWACS; Arinola O. Sanya, PhD;
Paul A. Ogunbunmi, MBBS, FWACP; Isaac F. Adewole, MBBS, FWACS

Comprehensive Review
Burns Assessment Team as Part of Burn Disaster Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
John E. Greenwood, BSc(Hons), MB, ChB, MD, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Plast), FRACS;
Andrew P. Pearce, BSc(Hons), BMBS, FACEM

Supplement: Special Report Regarding the Health
Aspects of the Southeast Asian Earthquake and Tsunami
Post-Tsunami Medical Care: Health Problems Encountered in the International Committee of the Red
Cross Hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .s1
Lynda J. Redwood-Campbell, MD, CCFP, DTN&H, MPH; Louis Riddez, MD, PhD

Coordination and Resource Maximization during Disaster Relief Efforts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .s8
Vernon J. Lee, MBBS, MPH, MBA; Edwin Low, MBBS, FRCA, MPH

Barriers to Disaster Coordination: Health Sector Coordination in Banda Aceh
following the South Asia Tsunami. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .s13
Richard M. Zoraster, MD, FAAEM

Team Echo: Observations and Lessons Learned in the Recovery Phase of the 2004 Asian Tsunami. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s20
Franklin H.G. Bridgewater, FRACS; Edward T. Aspinall, PhD; Joy P.M. Booth, BNsh;
Roger A. Capps, FANZCA; Hugh J.M. Grantham, FRACGP; Andrew P. Pearce, FACEM;
Brett K. Ritchie, FRACP

Central System of Psychosocial Support to the Czech Victims Affected by the Tsunami in Southeast Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . s27
PhDr. Stepan Vymetal

Response of Thai Hospitals to the Tsunami Disaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .s32
Maj. Adi Leiba, MD; Col. Isaac Ashenasi, MD, MPA, MSc; Capt. Guy Nakash, MD; Maj. Rami Pelts, MA;
Dagan Schwartz, MD; Col. (res) Avishay Goldberg, PhD; Brig. Gen. Yeheskel Levi, MD;
Col. Yaron Bar-Dayan, MD, MHA