Methodology of emergency medical logistics for public health emergencies

Public health department training of emergency medical technicians for bioterrorism and public health emergencies: results of a national assessment.

HYPOTHESIS The public health system has a specialized body of knowledge and expertise in bioterrorism and public health emergency management that can assist in the development and delivery of continuing medical education programs to meet the needs of emergency medical service providers. METHODS A nationally representative sample of the basic and paramedic emergency medical service providers i...

The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Review

Pediatric mental health emergencies in the emergency medical services system. American College of Emergency Physicians.

Emergency departments (EDs) are vital in the management of pediatric patients with mental health emergencies (MHE). Pediatric MHE are an increasing part of emergency medical practice because EDs have become the safety net for a fragmented mental health infrastructure which is experiencing critical shortages in services in all sectors. EDs must safely, humanely, and in a culturally and developme...

Risk communication for public health emergencies.

This review defines crisis risk communication, traces its origins to a number of applied fields, and then shows how basic principles have become incorporated into emergency preparedness and risk communication for public health. Literature from four different disciplines that inform crisis risk communications are reviewed. These are (a) environmental risk communication, (b) disaster management, ...

Public health emergencies: What Counts?