1. Director, Center for Disaster & Extreme Event Preparedness (DEEP Center), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida USA 2. Department of Adult Psychiatry, University College Dublin, Mater Miserlcodiae University Hospital, Dublin Ireland 3. Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health (ACPMH), Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Eas...

1Department of Oral Science, Kanagawa Dental University, Japan 2Institute of Oral Regenerative Medicine, Kanagawa Dental University, Japan 3Institute for Research of Disaster Dental Medicine in Yokosuka and Shonan, Japan 4Department of Cariology and Restrative Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental University, Japan 5Department of Prosthodontic Dentistry for Function of TMJ and Occlusion, Kanagawa Dental U...

INTRODUCTION In order to prepare the healthcare system and healthcare personnel to meet the health needs of populations affected by disasters, educational programs have been developed by numerous academic institutions, hospitals, professional organizations, governments, and non-government organizations. Lacking standards for best practices as a foundation, many organizations and institutions ha...

A cadre of experts and stakeholders from government agencies, professional organizations, emergency medicine and response, pediatrics, mental health, and disaster preparedness were gathered to review and summarize the existing data on the needs of children in the planning, preparation, and response to disasters or terrorism. This review was followed by development of evidence-based consensus gu...

In this issue of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, Anastario et al1 bring to light a vulnerability that is often hidden. Using sequential cross-sectional randomized surveys of trailer parks in Mississippi that were home to individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Anastario et al documented a quantitative increase in gender-based violence (GBV) among a population living in pro...

Quentin Wodon and Saul S. Morris November 2001 Abstract While it may be feasible to target those receiving relief after a natural disaster, it is difficult to differentiate the amount of relief provided among beneficiaries. This is because much of the relief consists of food, clothing, and medicine, all goods for which the absorptive capacity of households is limited. Empirical tests using data...

The role of ultrasound in disaster medicine has not been not well established. This report describes the transport and use of point-of-care ultrasound by a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) responding to a mass-casualty incident due to a cyclone. Ultrasound-competent physicians on the team were able to use portable ultrasound on cyclone casualties to exclude intra-abdominal hemorrhage, pe...