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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
• Regional Disaster Medical Health Coordinator (RDMHC)
• Related Links

Mission Support Team (MST)

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Hospitals

• Hospital & EMS Final Security Levels [doc]
• NIMS Alert for Hospitals from FEMA and HRSA [doc]
• Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)

Current Hot Topics:

• EMSA #218A: California Disaster Medical Response Plan [pdf]
• EMSA #218B: Medical Mutual Aid Plan Annex [pdf]
• EMSA #216: Minimum Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) [pdf]
• Hospital & EMS Final Security Levels [doc]
• CBRNE: Emergency Preparedness for Medical Care Providers Program
• Medical Reserve Corps Information
• Health Officer Responsibility in an Emergency [pdf]
• Mass Prophylaxis Planning Guide [PDF] [Word]
• Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs)
• Ambulance Strike Team
• Disaster Medical Systems Guidelines [PDF] [Word]
• Shelter Medical Group Toolkit [PDF] [Word

Hospital Emergency Management Topics:

• HICS: Hospital Incident Command System
• 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]

Resource Materials - Disaster Medical Plans, Protocols and Reports:

• California EMS Authority
• Sample Agency/County Plans & Projects
• Disaster Medical Standards Project
• 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