Authors
Susan
Briggs, MD, MPH, FACS
Director, Harvard Medical International Trauma and Disaster Institute
Associate Director of Trauma, Massachusetts General Hospital Supervising
Medical Officer, Boston Disaster Medical Team (DMAT) National Supervisory
Officer, NDMS, Specialty Medical Teams
John
C. Twomey, RN
Boston Medical Center, Emergency Department
Supervisory Nurse Specialist, NDMS
Captain, US Army Nurse Corps
The authors
gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Michael
Cronin in preparing this manual. His creative writing talents
helped make it a valuable and understandable tool for healthcare providers.
The authors also gratefully acknowledge the contributions of
the following members of Boston EMS:
Richard
A. Serino, EMT-P
Chief of Department, Boston Emergency Medical Services
Director, Boston Metropolitan Medical Response System
Kathryn H. Brinsfield, MD, MPH, FACEP
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston University
Director of Research Training and Quality Improvement, Boston
Emergency Medical Services
K. Sophia Dyer, MD, FACEP
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston University
Department Toxicologist, Boston Emergency Medical Services
This
manual was adapted with permission from Advanced Disaster Medical Response—A
Manual for Providers (Susan M. Briggs, MD, and Kathryn H. Brinsfield,
MD, authors) and edited for the Boston Public Health Commission and Boston
Emergency Medical Services by Harvard Medical International Trauma and
Disaster Institute.
Copyright Information
All material contained in this report is in the public domain and may
be used and reprinted without special permission; however, citation as
to the source is appropriate.
Suggested Citation:
Briggs, SM, Twomey, JC (2003) Basic Disaster Awareness for Healthcare
Providers, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston Emergency Medical Services,
and DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos in this publication are courtesy of Boston DMAT or Boston EMS unless
otherwise noted.
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