Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Table of Contents
VOLUME 21, NUMBER 5
September– October 2006

Editor’s Corner
Globalization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD

Original Research
Utility of Fear Severity and Individual Resilience Scoring as a Surge Capacity Triage
Management Tool during Large-Scale, Bio-Event Disasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
H. Stefan Bracha, MD; Frederick M. Burkle, Jr.

Editorial Review
Fear, Panic and Bio-events: A Population-Based Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
P. Gregg Greenough, MD, PhD

Disaster Healthcare System Management and Crisis Intervention Leadership in Thailand—
Lessons Learned from the 2004 Tsunami Disaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Maj. Rami Peltz, MA; Col. Issac Ashkenazi, MD, MPA, MSc; Dagan Schwartz, MD; LtC. Ofer Shushan;
Cap. Guy Nakash, MD; Maj. Adi Leiba, MD; Brig. Gen. Yeheskel Levi, MD; Col. Avishay Goldberg, PhD;
Col. Yaron Bar-Dayan, MD

The Volendam Fire: Lessons Learned from Disaster Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Sabine M. van Harten, MD; Joost J.L.M. Bierens, MD, PhD; Lieke Welling, MD; Peter Patka, PhD;
Robert W. Kreis, MD, PhD; Maarten Boers, MD, PhD

The Asian Tsunami: PAHO Disaster Guidelines in Action in India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Nobhojit Roy

Reactions to Cold Exposure Emphasize the Need for Weather Protection in Prehosptial
Care: An Experimental Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
Niina S. Lintu, MHealthSc; Matti A.K. Mattila, MD, PhD; Jaana A. Holopainen; Mari Koivunen, BM;
Osmo O.P. Hänninen, MD, PhD

Latex Allergy in the Prehospital Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
Franklin H.G. Bridgewater, FRACS; Kathryn Zeithz, PhD; Constance Katelaris, PhD; John Field, PhD

Paramedic Evaluation of Adult Intraosseous Infusion System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Judy Findlay, PEng, MASc; David L. Johnson, PhD; Andrew J. Macnab, MD, FRCPC;
David MacDonald, BSc. ALS; Ryan Shellborn, ALS; Lark Susak, RN, BScN

Pediatric Trauama at Tertiary-Level Hospitals in the Aftermath of the Bam,
Iran Earthquake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
Marzieh Sabzehchian, MD; Hassan Abolghasemi, MD; Mohammad Hadi Radfar, MD;
Nematollah Jonaidi-Jafari, MD; Houman Ghasemzadeh, MD; Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., MD, MPH, FAAP, FACEP

Special Report
Impact of London's Terrorist Attacks on a Major Trauma Center in London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
Aso B. Mohammed, MRCS; Haroon A. Mann, MRCS; Danyal H. Nawabi, MRCS; Davis W. Goodier, FRCS;
Swee C. Ang, FRCS

Express Railway Disaster in Amagasaki: A Review of Urban Disaster Response
Capacity in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
Takaski Nagata, MD; Stephanie N. Rosborough, MD; Michael J. VanRooyen, MD, MPH;
Shuichi Kozawa, MD, PhD; Takashi Ukai, MD, PhD; Shinichi Nakayama, MD, PhD

Impact of the San Diego Country Firestorm on Emergency Medical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Gary M. Vilke, MD; Alan M. Smith, PhD; Barbara M. Stepanski, MPH; Leslie Upledger Ray, MA, MPPA;
Patricia A. Murrin, RN, MPH; Theodore C. Chan, MD

"Operation Child-Safe": A Strategy for Preventing Unintentional Pediatric Injuries at
a Hurricane Katrina Evacuee Shelter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Mark A. Brandenburg, MD; Mary Beth Ogle, RN;; Beth A. Washington, BS; Mike J. Garner, Sgt, TPD;
Sue A. Watkins, RN, JD; Karin L. Brandenburg, MA

Forum
Tsunami ECHO Team Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .366
Dr. Hugh Grantham

Supplement
Health Aspects of Disaster Preparedness and Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .s60
South East Asia Regional Office/World Health Organization