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- Regional Disaster Medical Health Coordinator (RDMHC)
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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