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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 24, Issue 2
March - April 2009
   
Editor's Corner
The Times They Are A-Changin’—Quickly
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD
 
Peter Baskett, 1934–2008
Judith M. Fisher; Marvin L. Birnbaum; Peter J. Davis; Luis Hargreaves; Steve Rottman; Andrew Marsden
   
Comprehensive Review  
First Responders after Disasters: A Review of Stress Reactions, At-Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience Factors
David A. Alexander, MA( Hons), C. Psychol, PhD, FBPS, FRSM, ( Hon) FRC P sych; Susan Klein, MA (Hons), PhD, Cert CO S CA
   
Special Report  
New York City’s HealthcareTransportation during a Disaster: A Preparedness Framework for a Wicked Problem
Ernest Sternberg, PhD; George C. Lee
   
Ethical Considerations of Research in Disaster-Stricken Populations
John E. Jesus, MD; Glen E. Michael, MD  
   
Original Research
Ethical Considerations for Emergency Care Providers during Pandemic Influenza—Ready or Not
Margarita E. Pena, MD, FACEP; Charlene B. Irvin, MD, FACEP; Robert B. Takla, MD, FACEP
   
Editorial Comments--Ethical Considerations for Pandemic Influenza
Michael J. Hoffman, JD  
   
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: First Documented Experience in a Mexican Urban Setting
Juan Manuel Fraga- Sastrías, MD; Enrique Asensio- Lafuente; Ricardo Martínez; Iris A. Bárcenas;
Julio Prieto-Sagredo, MSc; Lilia Castillo, MSc; Luis Mauricio Pinet-Peralta, PhD
 
   
Effect of the Rural Rescue System on Reducing the Mortality Rate of Landmine Victims:
A Prospective Study in Ilam Province, Iran
Masoud Saghafinia, MD; Nahid Nafissi, MD; Reza Asadollahi, MD  
   
Editorial Comments--Reducing Landmine Mortarlity Rates in Iran Using Public Medical Education and Rural Rescue Teams--What Can be Learned from Landmine Casualties, and How Can the Situation be Improved?
Yoav Arnson, MD; Yaron Bar-Dayan, MD, MHA  
   
Experience of Health-Related Problems during House Parties in the Netherlands: Nine Years of Experience
and Three Million Visitors
Jan Krul, RN, MScN; Armand R. J. Girbes, MD, PhD  
   
Case Report  
Transport and Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound by a Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Stefan M. Mazur, FACEM; James Rippey, FACEM  
   
Supplement  
Abstracts of Scientific and Invited Papers for the 16th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada  
   
Index