Links to Other Helpful Sites
| Category 1: General References |
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Website References:
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| Category 2: Pandemic Flu |
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Website References:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
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Category 4: Blast injuries
Website references:
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic63.htm
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/blastlunginjury.asp
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/explosions.asp
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/blastlunginjury_prehospital.asp
Reviewed Articles:
Wightman JM, Gladish SL: Explosions and blast injuries. Ann Emerg Med 2001 Jun; 37(6): 664-78
CDC: Explosions and blast injuries: a primer for clinicians [CDC Emergency Preparedness & Response Web site]. Last reviewed May 26, 2005
Leibovici D, Gofrit ON, Stein M, et al: Blast injuries: bus versus open-air bombings--a comparative study of injuries in survivors of open-air versus confined-space explosions. J Trauma 1996 Dec; 41(6): 1030-5
Leibovici D, Gofrit ON, Shapira SC: Eardrum perforation in explosion survivors: is it a marker of pulmonary blast injury? Ann Emerg Med 1999 Aug; 34(2): 168-7
Frykberg ER. Medical management of disasters and mass casualties from terrorist bombings: how can we cope?. J Trauma 2002; 53(2):201-212.
DePalma RG, Burris DG, Champion HR, Hodgson MJ. Blast Injuries. N Engl J Med 2005;352:1335-42.
Power Point Presentations:
Category 5: Ethics of Mass Casualty Care
Article references:
“Providing Mass Medical Care with scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide” AHRQ publication No. 07-0001, November 2006, pages 1-51.
Christian MD, Hawryluck L, Wax RX, Cook T, et.al. “Development of a triage protocol for critical care during and influenza pandemic,” CMAJ November 21, 2006, pp1377-1381
Sztajnkrycer MD, Madsen BE, and Amkado B, “Unstable Ethical Plateaus and Disaster Triage,” Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America 24 (2006) 749-768
Koenig K, Cone D, Burstein J, and Carlos C. “Surging to the Right Standard of Care,” Academic Emergency Medicine ; Feb 2006; 13,2 Health and Medical Complete, pg 195.
Veatch RM “Disaster Preparedness and Triage,”. The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine Vol. 72 No. 4 July 2005, pg 236-241.
Kipnis K. “Overwhelming Casualties: Medical Ethics in a Time of Terror.” Accountability in Research, 10:57-68, 2003.
Online References:
Category 6: Training Sites
Websites:
Category 7: Mass Casualty Incidents
Websites:
Articles:
Singer AJ, Singer AH, Halperin P, Kaspi G, and Assaf J. "Medical Lessons from Terror Attacks in Israel." The Journal of Emergency Medicine. Vol. 32, No.1, pp. 87-92, 2007.
Category 8: Radiation Injuries
Web Links
ORISE: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
http://orise.orau.gov/reacts/
FRMAC: Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment center
http://www.nv.doe.gov/nationalsecurity/homelandsecurity/frmac/default.htm
ARG: Accident Response Group
http://www.doeal.gov/laso/EmergencyPublicInformation/ARG_Final_June2002.pdf
NEST: Nuclear Emergency Search Team
http://www.milnet.com/nest.htm
National Response Plan/Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex
http://hps.org/documents/NRPNuclearAnnex.pdf
AHRQ: Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality
http://remm.nlm.gov/adultorderform.htm(adult hospitalization information)
http://remm.nlm.gov/ars_wbd.htm (dosimeter tool)
(REAC/TS): Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site
http://www.hss.energy.gov/healthsafety/IIPP/hservices/reacts.html
References:
Hersey, John “Hiroshima.”, Vintage Books, New York, 1985
Advanced Radiation Life Support: (ARLS-Basic), Student Manual 1.2 May 1, 2005, Fun Fong, MD, FACEP
Bland SA. “Mass Casualty Management for Radiological and Nuclear Incidents” Royal Army Medical Corps Regimental Hea London. 2004; Sep: 150 (3 Suppl 1): 27-34
Flynn COL DF, Goans RE. Nuclear Terrorism: Triage and Medical Management of radiation and Combined-Injury Casualties. Surgical Clinics of North America 86 (2006) 601-636.
Daniak N, Carpini DD, et.al. Development of a Statewide Hospital Plan for Radiologic Emergencies. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Boil. Phys. Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 16-24, 2006.
Cone DC, Koenig KL Mass Casualty Triage in the Chemical, Biological Radiological, or Nuclear Environment. European Journal of Emergency Medicine. Vol. 12, pp. 287-302, 2005.
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