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Disaster Medical Services Division

• Description of the Disaster Medical Services Division
• Mission and Goals of the DMS Division
• Current DMS Activities - Updated 5/13/2013
• Regional Disaster Medical Health Coordinator (RDMHC)
• Related Links

Current Hot Topics:

• HICS: Hospital Incident Command System, 2013 HICS Revision
• EMTs and Paramedics Practicing While on Mutial Aid Deployment   [DOC]
• CBRNE: Emergency Preparedness for Medical Care Providers Program
• Mass Prophylaxis Planning Guide   [PDF]   [DOC]
• Disaster Medical Systems Guidelines   [PDF]   [DOC]
• Shelter Medical Group Toolkit   [PDF]   [DOC]

Hospitals and Hospital Emergency Management Topics:

• HICS: Hospital Incident Command System, 2006
• NIMS Alert for Hospitals from FEMA and HRSA   [DOC]
• Recommendations for Hospitals: Decontamination Processes and Facilities
• California Hospital Bioterrorism Response Planning Guide - July 2002    [PDF]
• Hospital & EMS Final Security Levels   [DOC]

Resource Materials - Disaster Medical Plans, Protocols and Reports:

• Public Health and Medical Emergency Operations Manual (EOM)   [PDF]
• California EMS Authority
• Sample Agency/County Plans & Projects
• Mass Fatality Management Guide 2013   [PDF]
• NHTSA - EMS Pandemic Flu Guidelines
• NHTSA - Preparing for Pandemic Influenza: Recommendations for Protocol Development for 9-1-1 Personnel and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs)
• CDC Smallpox Information
• DHS - Latest Information on Smallpox
• Blueprint for EMS Response to Terrorism [DOC] (English-Ukrainian), Anna Loboda MD, Daniel Smiley, Svetlana Sinelnik MD, Georgiy Roschcin MD; NATO Internship in Science Policy, 2004
• "Transformation from Planning to Operations: Emergency Medical Services in Disaster Response,”   [PDF]  Daniel Smiley, Anna Loboda MD, Cheryl Starling, Jeff Rubin, Annals of Disaster Medicine, Vol 1, No 3, 2004