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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 5
September - October 2010
   
Table of Contents  
   
Editor's Corner
Clusters: Who, What, Where, How?
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD
 
Comprehensive Review
A Review of Competencies Developed for Disaster Healthcare Providers: Limitations of Current
Processes and Applicability
Elaine Daily, RN, BS, FAHA, FCCM; Patricia Padjen, RN, MBA, MS, PhD; Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD  
   
Editorial Comments
Karen Hein, MD  
   
Collaboration between Civilian and Military Healthcare Professionals: A Better Way for Planning,
Preparing, and Responding to All-Hazard Domestic Events
MAJ LeRoy A. Marklund, RN, MS, MPH, ARNP-BC, CCNS, NREMT-P, FP-C; Adrienne M. Graham, MPH;
Patricia G. Morton, RN, PhD; FAAN; Charles G. Hurst, MD; Ivette Motola, MD, MPH;
LTC Donald W. Robinson, DO; LTC (Ret) Vivian A. Kelley, RN, MSN, FNP; CDR Kimberly J. Elenberg, RN, MS;
Michael F. Russler, RN, Ed.D, MSN, FNP; Daniel E. Boehn, Jr., NREMT-B;
CAPT Dawn M. Higgins, RN, MS EDM, BSN; LTC Patrick E. McAndrew, RN, MSN, BC-CCNS;
MAJ Hope W. Williamson, RN, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCNS, NREMT-B;
SFC Rodney C. Atwood, LPN, BA, NREMT-B; MAJ Kermit D. Huebner, MD; Angel A. Brotons, EMT-P;
Geoffrey T. Miller, EMT-P, AS; Laukton Y. Rimpel, AA; Larry L. Harris, AA;
LCDR (Ret) Manuel Santiago, RN, MS, ACNP-C; LeRoy Cantrell, RN, BSN
 
   
Editorial Comments
Willam Bograkos, DO, FACOEP  
   
Original Research  
Use of Interactive Voice Response Technology by Poison Centers during the H1N1 Outbreak
Mathias B. Forrester, BS; John F. Villanacci, PhD; Norma Valle, BA  
   
Editorial Comments
Steven J. Rottman, MD, FACEP  
   
Comparison of Two Protocols for Pulseless Cardiopulmonary Arrest: Vasopressin Combined with Epinephrine Versus Epinephrine Alone
Patrick Cody, DO; Sean Lauderdale, NREMT-P; David E. Hogan, DO, MPH, FACEP;
Robert R. Frantz, MD, FACEP
 
   
Training Healthcare Personnel for Mass-Casualty Incidents in a Virtual Emergency Deparment
Wm. LeRoy Heinrichs, MD, PhD; Patricia Youngblood, PhD; Phillip Harter, MD; Laura Kusumoto, MA;
Parvati Dev, PhD
 
   
Editorial Comments
Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, FIFEM

 
Comparative Analysis of Showering Protocols for Mass-Casualty Decontamination
Richard Amlôt, PhD; Joanne Larner, MSc; Hazem Matar, MSc; David R. Jones, MSc; Holly Carter, BSc;
Elizabeth A. Turner, BA; Shirley C. Price, PhD; Robert P. Chilcott, PhD
 
   
Editorial Comments
David Baker, M Phil DM FRCA FRSM
   
Planning Volunteer Responses to Low-Volume Mass Gatherings: Do Event Characteristics
Predict Patient Workload?
John Woodall, BPsychSci; Kerrianne Watt, PhD; Damien Walker; Vivienne Tippett, PhD;
Emma Enraght-Moony, BPsychSci; Chris Bertolo, RN; Brett Mildwaters;
Glen Morrison, Dip. Paramedical Science Ambulance
 
   
Estimation of Healthcare Resources at Sporting Events
Amir Khorram-Manesh, MD, PhD; A. Berner, RN; A. Hedelin, RN; P. Örtenwall, MD, PhD
   
Chain of Survival at Mass Gatherings: A Case Series of Resuscitation Events
Jamie Ranse, RN, FRCNA, BN, GCertClinEd, GCertClinEpi, MCritCarNurs;
Dr. Kathryn Zeitz, RN, FRCNA, PhD
 
   
Integrated Response to the Dynamic Threat of School Violence
David W. Callaway, MD, MPA; Ted C. Westmoreland, BS; Alejandro A. Baez, MD, MPD, FAAM;
Sean A. McKay, BS; Ali S. Raja, MD
 
   
Case Study  
The 2007 San Diego Wildfire Impact on the Emergency Department of the University
of California, San Diego Hospital System
Craig I. Schranz, MD; Edward M. Castillo, PhD, MPH; Gary M. Vilke, MD  
   
Brief Report  
Chinese Disasters and Just-in-Time Education
Yingyun Yang; Yanwen Chen; Rashid A. Chotani, MD, MPH, DTM; Ronald E. LaPorte, PhD;
Ali Ardalan, MD, PhD; Eugene Shubnikov, MD; Faina Linkov, PhD; Jesse Huang, MD, MPH, MBA
 
   
Letter to the Editor  
Using Google Trends to Assess Interest in Disasters
Faina Linkov; Ali Ardalan; Meredith Hennon; Eugene Shubnikov; Ismail Serageldin; Ronald LaPorte  
   
Supplement  
Abstracts of Scientific and Invited Papers: NATO Medical Conference 2009 and 8th NATO Blood Conference