Preparedness and response to a rural mass casualty incident
Subtitle: workshop summary
By: Kristin Viswanathan, Theresa Wizemann, and Bruce M. Altevogt, rapporteurs ; Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Contributors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events; National Academies Press (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9780309177177
Subjects: Emergency management; Rural health services; Methods; Mass casualties; Civil Defense; Organization & administration; Emergency medical services; Rural Health Services; Congresses; Disaster medicine; Emergency Medical Services; Mass Casualty Incidents; Disaster Medicine
Description: Problems contacting emergency services and delayed assistance are not unusual when incidents occur in rural areas, and the consequences can be devastating, particularly with mass casualty incidents. The IOM's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop to examine the current capabilities of emergency response systems and the future opportunities to improve mass casualty response in rural communities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90).

Also available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Case examples: 2008 Mexican Hat, Utah, incident 2010 and Albert Pike, Arkansas, flood; title: 9-1-1 access and communications; title: Challenges facing the prehospital system; title: Coordination and integration across response platforms; title: Establishing metrics to assess risk and capabilities; title: Improving rural mass casualty response in the United States; title: Needs and opportunities.