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Preparedness and response to a rural mass casualty incident : workshop summary / Kristin Viswanathan, Theresa Wizemann, and Bruce M. Altevogt, rapporteurs ; Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass casualties--United States--Congresses.
- Mass casualties.
- Emergency medical services--United States--Congresses.
- Emergency medical services.
- Emergency management--United States--Congresses.
- Emergency management.
- Disaster medicine--United States--Congresses.
- Disaster medicine.
- Rural health services--United States--Congresses.
- Rural health services.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (143 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Problems contacting emergency services and delayed assistance are not unusual when incidents occur in rural areas, and the consequences can be devastating, particularly with mass casualty incidents. The IOM's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop to examine the current capabilities of emergency response systems and the future opportunities to improve mass casualty response in rural communities.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Case examples: 2008 Mexican Hat, Utah, incident 2010 and Albert Pike, Arkansas, flood
- 9-1-1 access and communications
- Challenges facing the prehospital system
- Coordination and integration across response platforms
- Establishing metrics to assess risk and capabilities
- Improving rural mass casualty response in the United States
- Needs and opportunities.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-309-21290-1
- 1-283-08158-X
- 9786613081582
- 0-309-17718-9
- OCLC:
- 729630238
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