The Emergency Mobilization Preparedness Board developed plans for improved national preparedness in case of major catastrophic domestic disaster or the possibility of an overseas conventional conflict. Within the health and medical arena, the working group on health developed the concept and system design for the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS). A description of NDMS is presented including the purpose, key components, medical response, patient evacuation, definitive medical care, NDMS activation and operations, and summary and benefits
The preparedness for response to the medical consequences of a natural or technological event is an ...
The Katrina disaster spiked concern among Federal planners that “the United States is incapable of d...
Background: A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community. The number of dis...
This article reviews the history and structure of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), with ...
The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is a partnership of private and public sectors to provid...
Establishing a national disaster medical system requires considering the goals and appropriate expen...
SUMMARYDisasters cause an acute deterioration in all stages of life. An area affected by the disaste...
SUMMARY: Disasters cause an acute deterioration in all stages of life. An area affected by the disas...
Prior to the last decade, there was very little involvement by federal, state and local governmental...
Natural disasters and acts of terrorism have placed a spotlight on the ability of health care provid...
In large-scale disasters that include but are not limited to detonation of an improvised nuclear dev...
Sudden onset disasters (SOD) can have serious health impacts for patient with noncommunicable diseas...
After the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995, the Japanese national disaster medical system (NDM...
Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs) are an integral part of providing immediate medical aid to...
In 1975, DRC was funded by the Health Resources Administration to undertake the first major, systema...
The preparedness for response to the medical consequences of a natural or technological event is an ...
The Katrina disaster spiked concern among Federal planners that “the United States is incapable of d...
Background: A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community. The number of dis...
This article reviews the history and structure of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), with ...
The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is a partnership of private and public sectors to provid...
Establishing a national disaster medical system requires considering the goals and appropriate expen...
SUMMARYDisasters cause an acute deterioration in all stages of life. An area affected by the disaste...
SUMMARY: Disasters cause an acute deterioration in all stages of life. An area affected by the disas...
Prior to the last decade, there was very little involvement by federal, state and local governmental...
Natural disasters and acts of terrorism have placed a spotlight on the ability of health care provid...
In large-scale disasters that include but are not limited to detonation of an improvised nuclear dev...
Sudden onset disasters (SOD) can have serious health impacts for patient with noncommunicable diseas...
After the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995, the Japanese national disaster medical system (NDM...
Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs) are an integral part of providing immediate medical aid to...
In 1975, DRC was funded by the Health Resources Administration to undertake the first major, systema...
The preparedness for response to the medical consequences of a natural or technological event is an ...
The Katrina disaster spiked concern among Federal planners that “the United States is incapable of d...
Background: A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community. The number of dis...