Introduction Little is known about the costs of treating burn patients after a mass casualty
event. A devastating Color Dust explosion that injured 499 patients occurred on June 27 …

BACKGROUND Role 2 medical treatment facilities (MTFs) are frequently located in austere
settings and have limited resources. A dedicated assessment of burn casualties treated at …

Providing medical disaster relief is under the jurisdiction of the NDMS. The NDMS works in
conjunction with local fire, police, and emergency medical services to provide …

The recent report on health care services for flood victims is very interesting. 1 Buajaroen 1
concluded that ''the outcomes of Health Care Service at the Flood Relief Operations Center …

Brenda Smith, a nurse practitioner and member of DMAT and IMSuRT, with the World Trade
Center devastation in the background. You almost cannot plan for something like this—you …

We will remember 7 February 2009 as the day of Australia's worst natural disaster. On that
day, ferocious firestorms devastated much of Victoria and its communities. They resulted in …

Emergency preparedness is crucial to the frontline nurse who provides patient care 24 hours
a day, seven days a week, especially in the wake of the September 11 bombing of the World …

Disasters challenge nurses at all levels and specialties to examine their level of knowledge,
skills, and preparedness. The momentum for nursing to be better prepared for disasters has …

Human health and lives are threatened by natural disasters happening around the world,
armed conflicts and terrorist attacks occurring repeatedly in various countries, and the …