Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Table of Contents
January–February 2008
Editor’s
Corner
Response and Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD
Comprehensive
Review
Mass-Casualty Triage: Time for an Evidence-Based Approach. . . . .
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Jennifer Lee Jenkins, MD; Melissa L. McCarthy, ScD; Lauren M. Sauer, BA;
Gary B. Green, MD; Stephanie Stuart, BS;
Tamara L.Thomas, MD; Edbert B. Hsu,MD
Childhood Crash Injury Patterns Associated with Restraint
Misuse: Implications for
Field Triage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Eileen M. Bulger, MD; Robert Kaufman, BS; Charles Mock,MD, PhD
Original Research
Compliance with Seat Belt Use in Benin City,
Nigeria. . . . . . . . .16
Pius Ehiawaguan Iribhogbe, MBBS, FWACS; Clement Odigie Osime, MBBS,
FMCS
Trauma Incidents Attended by Emergency Medical Services
in Victoria, Australia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Malcolm J. Boyle, M ClinEpi; Erin C. Smith, M ClinEpi; Frank L. Archer.
MBBS, MPH
Comparative Study of Psychiatric Morbidity among the Displaced
and Non-Displaced
Populations in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands following the Tsunami
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Suresh Bada Math, MD, DNB, PGDMLE; John P. John, MD, DPM; Satish
Chandra Girimaji, MD;
Vivek Benegal, MD; Biju Sunny, MD; K. Krishnakanth, MD; Uday Kumar, GS, Mphil
in CP;
Ameer Hamza, Mphil in PSW, PhD; Shweta Tandon, Mphil in CP; Kavitha Jangam,
Mphil in PSW;
K.S. Meena, Mphil in PSW; Biju Chandramukhih, Mphil in PSW; D. Nagaraja, DPM,
DM
-WITH-
Editorial Comments by Carol Amaratunga, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Drug Abuse-Related Emergency Calls: A Metropolis-Wide
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Athanasia Togia, MD; Theodoros N. Sergentanias, MD; Michael Sindos, PhD;
Dimitrios Ntourakis, MD;
Evangelos Doumouchtsis, MD; Ioannis N. Sergentanis, MD; Constantinos Bachtis,
MD; Demetrios Pyrros, MD;
Nikolaos Papaefstathiou, MS
Chief Complaints, Diagnoses, and Medications Prescribed
Seven Weeks Post-Katrina
in New Orleans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Erica Howe, MD; David Victor, MD; Eboni G. Price, MD,
MPH
Faith-Based Organizations and Sustainable Sheltering
Operations in Mississippi after
Hurricane Katrina: Implications for Informal Network Utilization. .
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Anjali T. Pant, MD, MPH; Thomas D. Kirsch, MD,
MPH, FACEP; Italo R. Subbarao, DO, MBA;
Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, PhD, MSc; Alexander Vu, DO,MPH
-WITH-
Editorial Comments by Lynda Redwood-Campbell, MD, FCFP, DMTH, MPH . . . . .
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Differences in Sources of Information Used by the Population between
the Affected Area
and the General Population during the First Phase of a Bird Flu Outbreak.
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Maj. Rami Peltz, MA; Cap. Galit Avisar-Shohat, MA; Miri Venture Gabay, RN; Col.
Yaron Bar-Dayan, MD
Standards in Collaborative International Disaster Drills: A Case
Study of Two International
Search-and-Rescue Drills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Maj. Ariel Rokach ,MD, MHA; Maj. Moshe Pinkert, MD, MHA; Dani Nemet, MD;
Col. (res.) Prof. Avishay Goldberg, PhD; Col. Yaron Bar-Dayan, MD, MHA
Development of an “All Hazards” Hospital Disaster Preparedness
Training Course
Utilizing Multi-Modality Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Brett Collander, BS; Brad Green, MD; Yuri Millo, MD; Christine Shamloo,
RN, MSN;
Joyce Donnellan, RN, MSN, CCRN; Craig DeAtley, PA-C
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Editorial Comments by Paul Arbon, BSc, MEd(Studies), PhD . . . . . . . . . .
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How and Why Do You Declare a Major Incident? . . . . . . . . . . .
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Colin John Smart, BSc; Ian Maconochie, MB, BS, FFAEM, FRCPCH
Practical Solutions for Injury Surveillance at Mass Gatherings
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Kathryn Zeitz, BN, MN, PhD; Chris Zeitz, MBBS, PhD; Paul Arbon, BSc, MEd(Studies),
PhD;
Fiona Cheney, BN, BA, MSocSc; Renee Johnston; James Hennekam
Supplement
Defining the Problem, Main Objective, and Strategies of Medical Management in
Mass-Casualty Incidents Caused by Terrorist Events . . . . . . . .
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Itamar Ashkenazi, MD; Boris Kessel; Oded Olsha; Taufik Khashan, Meir Oren; Jacob
Haspel; Ricardo Alfici
Lessons Learned from Chlorine Intoxications in Swimming Pools:The Challenge
of
Pediatric Mass Toxicological Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ofer Lehavi, MD; Adi Leiba, MD; Yehudit Dahan, MHA; Dagan Schwartz, MD; Odeda
Benin-Goren, RN, PhD;
Rama Schwartz, MD; Arie Augarten, MD; Josef Ben Ari, MD; Yoram Ben Yehuda, MD;
Gali Weiss, RN, MHA;
Yeheskel Levi, MD; Yaron Bar-Dayan, MD, MHA
Polonium-210 Poisoning in London: Hypochondriasis and Public Health
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Oliver W. Morgan, PhD, MFPH; Lisa Page, MSc, MRCPsych; Sarah Forrester, BSc;Helen
Maguire, MPH, FFPHM
Statement
The Provision of Care for Victims of Chemical, Biological, Radiological
and Nuclear Releases: the Position of the World Association for Disaster and
EmergencyMedicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CBRN Task Force Statement
David Baker, MD; Kristi Koenig, MD, FACEP; Tareg Bey, MD