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Médicine pré-hospitalière et médicine de catastrophe
Medicina prehospitalária y de catástrofes

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An Official Publication of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine


 
Volume 23, Issue 4

July - August 2008

   
Editor's Corner
Something Different!
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD
 
Disasters and Humanitarian Crises: A Joint Future for Responders?
Jennifer Leaning, MD, SMH  
   
Burn Survival in Mass-Casualty Situation Planning, Preparation, Response:What is the Key?  
Fiona Wood
   
Bridging the Gap: Building Local Resilience and Competencies in Remote Communities
Mads Gilbert, MD, PhD
   
Toward More Efficient Multinational Work on Rescue and Aid for Disasters: Lessons
Learned during the Aceh Tsunami and Yogya Earthquake
Eddy Rahardjo, MD, PhD; Karijadi Wirjoatmodjo, MD; Professor Koeshartono, MD
   
What Should We Learn from Recent Earthquakes in Asia?.
Claude de Ville de Goyet, MD  
 
Editorial Review  
Education and Disaster Risk Reduction
Geert Seynaeve
   
Special Report  
Building Integrated Mental Health and Medical Programs for Vulnerable Populations
Post-Disaster: Connecting Children and Families to a Medical Home
Paula A. Madrid, PsyD; Heidi Sinclair, MD, MPH; Antoinette Q. Bankston, LCSW; Sarah Overholt, MA; Arturo Brito, MD, MPH; Rita Domnitz, MS, EdPsych; Roy Grant
 
   
Original Research  
Understanding the Health of Refugee Women in Host Countries: Lessons from the Kosovar Re-Settlement in Canada
Lynda Redwood-Campbell, MD; Harpreet Thind, BSc; Michelle Howard, MSc; Jennfer Koteles; Nancy Fowler, MD;
James Kaczorowski, PhD
 
   
Survey of Hospital Healthcare Personnel Response during a Potential Avian Influenza
Response during a Potential Avian Influenza Pandemic:Will They Come to Work?
Charlene B. Irvin, MD, FACEP; Lauren Cindrich; William Patterson; Anthony Southall, MD, FACEP  
   
Primary Triage, Evacuation Priorities, and Rapid Primary Distribution between Adjacent
Hospitals—Lessons Learned from a Suicide Bomber Attack in Downtown Tel-Aviv
Moshe Pinkert, MD, MHA; Ofer Lehavi, MD; Odeda Benin Goren, RN, PhD; Yaron Raiter, MD; Ari Shamis, MD;
Zvi Priel, MD; Dagan Schwartz, MD; Avishay Goldberg, PhD; Yehezkel Levi, MD; Yaron Bar-Dayan, MD, MHA
 
   
Preparedness of Primary Healthcare Centers for Critical Emergency Situations in Southwest Turkey
Mustafa Yorganci, H. Yaman, MS,MD  
   
Simulation of a Hospital Disaster Plan: A Virtual Live Exercise
Jeffery M. Franc-Law, MD, CCFP(EM), Dip Sport Med, EMDM; Michael Bullard, MD; F. Della Corte, MD  
   
Accuracy of Computer Simuation to Predict Patient Flow during Mass-Casualty Incidents
Jeffery M. Franc-Law, MD, CCFP(EM), Dip Sport Med, EMDM; Michael Bullard, MD; F. Della Corte, MD  
   
Effects of Simulation on Emergency Vehicle Drivers’ Competency in Training
Jeffrey T. Lindsey, PhD; EMT-P; Ann E. Barron, EdD  
   
Brief Report  
Media Coverage of Violent Deaths in Iraq: An Opportunistic Capture-Recapture Assessment
Anne Siegler; Leslie Roberts; Erin Balch; Emmanuel Bargues; Asheesh Bhalla; Corey Bills; Elizabeth Dzeng; Yan Epelboym; Tory Foster; Latressa Fulton; Meghan Gallagher; Juan David Gastolomendo; Genessa Giorgi; Semhar Habtehans; Jennifer Kim; Blake McGee; Andrew McMahan; Sara Riese; Rachel Santamaria-Schwartz; Fiona Walsh; Jessica Wahlstrom; John Wedeles  
   
Knowledge and Attitudes of the Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care Consumers in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Amado Alejandro Báez,MD, MsSc,MPH; Ediza Giraldez, MD; Peter L. Lane, MD; Charles Pozner, MD;
Juan Rodriguez, MD; Selwyn Rogers, MD
 
   
Using Baseline Data to Address the Lack of Hospital Beds during Mass-Casualty Incidents
Hysham Hadef, MD; Jean-Claude Bartier, MD; Herve Delplancq, MD; Jean-Pierre Dupeyron, MD, PhD  
   
Editorial Review  
International Collaboration in Disaster Medicine--It is Time for the "Big Step" in Disaster Preparedness
Col. Yaron Bar-Dayan, MD, MHA  
   
Forum  
Editorial Comments—Survey of the Bam Earthquake Survivors’ Opinions on Medical and Health System Services
Masoud Saghafinia, MD  
   
Special Report  
Targeted Agenda Program: An Innovataive Approach to Facilitate Progress in Disaster Health
Joost J.L.M. Bierens, MD, PhD, MCDM; Brigitte Nooij, MA; Ferd Sturmans, MD, PhD  
   
Targeted Agenda Program (TAP) Reports  
Prioritizing Care during the Acute Phase:The Prominent Role of Basic Psychosocial Life Support
Magda Rooze, MA, MBA; Josee Netten, MA; Ariëlle de Ruyter, MA; Maaike de Vreis, PhD; Ira Hesloot, PhD;
Erik de Soir, MA; Philip Selwood; Henk Schenk, MD, PPH, MCDEM; Paul Hustinx, MD; Henrik Olinder
 
   
The Public Health Dimension of Disasters—Health Outcome Assessment of Disasters
Bellis van den Berg, PhD; Linda Grievink, PhD; Kersten Gutschmidt, PhD; Thierry Lang, MD;
Stephen Palmer, PhD; Marc Ruijten, PhD; Rene Stumpel, MD; Joris Yzermans, PhD
 
   
The Health Impacts of Climate Change: Getting Started on a New Theme
Kristie L. Ebi, PhD; MPH; Madeleen Helmer; Jari Vainio, PhD  
   
CBRN Preparedness: Knowledge,Training, and Networks
Irene van der Woude, PhD; Johan S. de Cock, MSc, PhD; Joost J.L.M. Bierens, MD, PhD, MCDM; Jan C. Christiannse, MDPH
 
   
Health Impacts of Large-Scale Floods: Governmental Decision-Making and Resilience of Citizens
Dick Q.P. Fundter; Bas Jonkman; Steve Beerman, MD; Corsmas L.P.M. Goemans; Rosanna Briggs;
Fritz Coumans, MD; Jan Willem Lahaye, MD; Joost J.L.M. Bierens, MD, PhD, MCDM
 
   
Is There One Optimal Medical Treatment and Evacuation Chain for All Situations: “Scoop-and-Run” or “Stay-and-Play
Maarten J.J. Hoejenbos, MD, SocMed, MPH, DMCC; John McManus, MD, MCR, FACEP;
Timothy Hodgetts, MMEd, FRCP, FRCSEd, FCEM, FIMCRCSEd, FRGS, L/RAMC
 
   
Chair Reports