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World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine Presentations 2017
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. 04/2017 This Web page provides the presentations from the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine Congress on April 25-28, 2017, in Toronto. Presentations include Knowledge is Power, from the National Library of Medicine; Ethics Oversight in Disasters and Public Health Emergencies; Governance and Environmental Disasters: The Role of Public Health; and Pediatric Disaster Medicine around the World. (Text)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - June 10, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Counter-Terrorism Medicine: It Is Time
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. 11/14/2017 This one-hour, 16-minute webinar discusses counter-terrorism medicine, a new area of expertise mandated by the increasingly complex and devastating terrorist attacks seen recently around the world. It details the need to fuse the lessons learned from accidental and natural disasters into the steps needed to address intentional attacks. In order to be most effective, while also protecting the safety of personnel, counter-terrorism medicine practices must be learned, understood, and implemented. (Video or Multimedia)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - November 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Discover National Library of Medicine Resources: Disaster Preparedness and Response
National Library of Medicine [National Institutes of Health]. 10/25/2017 This 41-minute webinar provides an overview of the National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC), and features of its Disaster Lit Resource Guide. It discusses recent disasters, and ways on how to stay current, not only with DIMRC but also with how libraries are responding to disasters across the country. The webinar was part of the Discover National Library of Medicine Resources webinar series. (Video or Multimedia)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - November 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Understanding Terror Medicine
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. 03/14/2018 This one-hour, 10-minute webinar discusses the field of terror medicine, which emerged early in the 21st century prompted by an increase of global terrorism. Its growth has reflected the need for the medical community to anticipate and optimally react to a terrorist threat. Terror medicine overlaps with aspects of emergency and disaster medicine. It encompasses four broad areas: preparedness, incident management, mechanisms of injuries and responses, and psychological consequences. (Video or Multimedia)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Disaster Medicine Training
Stanford University. 11/2017 This course from the Stanford Emergency Medicine Program for Emergency Response (SEMPER) was developed to provide a foundation of disaster medicine knowledge that every health care provider who responds to a disaster should know. It is a self paced-course, featuring video lectures with questions and case scenarios following each module. (Video or Multimedia) Site requires free registration.
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Flight Medicine...Touching Lives...Touching the Face of God...
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. 03/02/2018 This one-hour, four-minute webinar reviews the evolution of flight medicine, from Marie Marvingt, "The Bride of Danger," to the drums of World War, present-day military Med-Evacs, and beyond, to modern specialized civilian teams, such as the Royal Doctors Flying Service, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Neonatal-Pediatric Transport, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and Ebola. (Video or Multimedia)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Medicine Resilience Initiative
Healthcare Ready. 02/03/2017 This Web page details the Medicine Resilience Initiative, which focuses on advancing work and promoting innovations that enhance patients ' continued access to safe, quality medicines - especially during disasters - so that patients are protected at all times. Its key projects include International Supply Chain Innovations, Pharmacy-Based Text Messaging for Emergencies, and Medicines During Disasters. It also provides a Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Training Series. (Text)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 10, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Meeting 17: Standing Committee on Health Threats and Workforce Resilience
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division (former Institute of Medicine). 05/04/2016This resource provides information about the May 4, 2016, meeting of the Standing Committee on Health Threats and Workforce Resilience, held to provide committee feedback and input to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Health Affairs Chemical Defense Program. Agenda topics included exploring the most effective balance between prevention and response planning for the chemical defense program, and discussing the federal role in chemical responses, specifically where can DHS make ...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Health and Medical Response to Active Shooter and Bombing Events
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division (former Institute of Medicine). 06/17/2016This 19-page document examines some of the issues and potential best practices during responses to terrorist incidents, including mass shootings and bombings, and serves as a prompt for responders and planners to consider areas where their community could address potential gaps. Preventing these types of events is the optimal goal, but when an event occurs, a rapid and effective response coordinated between agencies is required to optimize patient outcomes. (PDF)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - June 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury; Report in Brief
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division (former Institute of Medicine). 06/16/2016This resource provides a text and illustrative summary of a report that recommends ways to ensure that lessons learned from the military's experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq are sustained and built on for future combat operations, and are translated into the civilian system. It presents a vision for a national trauma care system driven by the aim of zero preventable deaths after injury and minimal trauma-related disability to benefit those the nation sends into harm's way in combat, as well as ...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - June 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Exploring Disaster Risk Reduction Through Community-Level Approaches to Promote Healthy Outcomes: Proceedings of a Workshop-In Brief
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division (former Institute of Medicine). 08/10/2016 This eight-page document summarizes a workshop held during the 2016 Preparedness Summit, a national conference on public health preparedness. Participants discussed the concepts of disaster risk reduction, their application within U.S. communities through novel and contemporary practices, and specific strategies that can be implemented at the local level through cross-sector collaboration. (Text)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Public Health Emergency Coordination with Libraries Project
National Library of Medicine. 08/11/2016 This one-hour webinar discusses two Disaster Health Information Outbreak and Collaboration Projects. One speaker discusses collaborating with the Saint Louis University School of Medicine Medical Library and four emergency management agencies across Missouri to increase awareness and knowledge of National Library of Medicine information resources among emergency responders and reference librarians. Another speaker shares how her organization worked with the Portland (ME) Public Library to train library staff on preparedness and disaster health information and to create a role for li...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Exploring Disaster Risk Reduction Through Community-Level Approaches to Promote Healthy Outcomes: Proceedings of a Workshop-In Brief
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division (former Institute of Medicine). 08/10/2016 This eight-page document summarizes a workshop held during the 2016 Preparedness Summit, a national conference on public health preparedness. Participants discussed the concepts of disaster risk reduction, their application within U.S. communities through novel and contemporary practices, and specific strategies that can be implemented at the local level through cross-sector collaboration. (Text)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 10, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Workshop on Building Communication Capacity to Counter Infectious Disease Threats
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division (former Institute of Medicine). 12/14/2016 This resource provides information, presentations, and videos from a workshop on building communication capacity to counter infectious disease threats, held on December 13-14, 2016. Its goals were to examine the key elements of communication capacity necessary to address infectious disease threats; examine the current state of science regarding public engagement and trust, understanding of risk and health-protective behaviors, and behavioral responses; and assess the implications of the 2005 In...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - December 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news