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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 25, Issue 2
March - April 2010
   
Table of Contents  
   
Editor's Corner
STOP!!!!!
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD
 
Special Report
Pandemic Influenza Triage in the Clinical Setting
Steven J. Rottman, MD; Kimberly I. Shoaf, DrPH; Jennifer Schlesinger, MPH; Eva Klein Selski, BS;  
Joey Perman, MPP; Kerry Lamb, MPH; Janet Cheng, MPH  
   
Editorial Comments
Jennifer E. Miller, MS (Bioethics)  
   
Original Research  
Psychosocial Effects of Patient Surge in Large-Scale Emergencies: A Quality Improvement Tool for
Hospital and Clinic Capacity Planning and Response
Lisa S. Meredith, PhD; James L. Zazzali, PhD, MPH; Sandra Shields, LMFT, CTS;
David P. Eisenman, MD, MSPH; Halla Alsabagh, MSW
 
   
Editorial Comments
Col. (Reserve) Yaron Bar-Dayan, MD, MHA  
   
Evaluation of Medical Command and Control Using Performance Indicators in a Full-Scale,
Major Aircraft Accident Exercise
Dan Gryth, MD, PhD; Monica Rådestad, RN; Heléne Nilsson, RN; Ola Nerf, RN; Leif Svensson, MD, PhD;
Maaret Castrén, MD, PhD; Anders Rüter, MD, PhD  
   
Editorial Comments
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD  
   
Recurrent Medical Response Problems during Five Recent Disasters in the Netherlands
Jorine Juffermans, MD, MPH; Joost J.L.M. Bierens, MD, PhD, MCDM
   
Editorial Comments
Samuel J. Stratton, MD, MPH  
   
Physical Health of Members of the Public Who Experienced Terrorist Bombings in London on 07 July 2005
Michael A. Catchpole, FRCP; Oliver Morgan, PhD  
Click here for a copy of this study's questionnaire  
   
Where There Are No Emergency Medical Services—Prehospital Care for the Injured
in Mumbai, India
Nobhojit Roy, MS, MPH; V. Murlidhar, MS; Ritam Chowdhury, MBBS, MPH; Sandeep B. Patil, MS;  
Priyanka A. Supe, MBBS; Poonam D. Vaishnav, MBBS; Arvind Vatkar, MBBS  
   
Describing a Problem: Rear Seatback Failure and Unsecured Cargo
Samuel P. Mandell, MD; Robert Kaufman, BS; Christopher D. Mack, MS; Eileen M. Bulger, MD  
   
Paramedic Intercepts with Basic Life Support Ambulance Services in Rural Minnesota
Lucas A. Myers, NREMT-P; Christopher S. Russi, DO, FACEP; Jeffrey L. Schultz, NREMT-P  
   
Canadian Operational and Emotional Prehospital Readiness for a Tactical Violence Event
Daniel Kollek, MD, CCFP (EM); Michelle Welsford, MD, ABEM, FACEP, FRCPC;
 
Karen Wanger, MDCM, FRCPC, FACEP  
   
Editorial Comments
Ashley G. Anderson, Jr., MD, MS  
   
Can Undergraduate Paramedic and Nursing Students Accurately
Estimate Patient Age and Weight?
Mr. Brett Williams, MHlthSc, PhD (Candidate); Dr. Malcolm Boyle, MClinEpi, PhD; Prof. Peter O’Meara, PhD  
   
Special Report  
Use of Alternate Healthcare Facilities as Alternate Transport Destinations
during a Mass-Casualty Incident
Erik S. Glassman, MS, CCEMT-P, FP-C, EMT-T; Steven J. Parrillo, DO, FACOEP, FACEP  
   
Case Report  
Mass-Gathering Medical Care: Retrospective Analysis of Patient Presentations over Five Years
at a Multi-Day Mass Gathering
William D. Grant, EdD; Nicholas E. Nacca, BS; Louise A. Prince, MD, FACEP; Jay M. Scott, BS, EMT-P  
   
Brief Report  
Increased Incidence of Domestic Animal Bites following a Disaster Due to Natural Hazards
G. Scott Warner, MD, FACP, FCCP