| Other author/creator | Viswanathan, Kristin. |
| Other author/creator | Wizemann, Theresa M. |
| Other author/creator | Altevogt, Bruce M. |
| Other author/creator | Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Case examples: 2008 Mexican Hat, Utah, incident 2010 and Albert Pike, Arkansas, flood -- 9-1-1 access and communications -- Challenges facing the prehospital system -- Coordination and integration across response platforms -- Establishing metrics to assess risk and capabilities -- Improving rural mass casualty response in the United States -- Needs and opportunities. |
| Abstract |
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. |
| Local note | Laupus-WCP |
| Local note | Laupus-WCP |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-90). |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Preparedness and response to a rural mass casualty incident. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011 0309177170 |
| ISBN | 9780309177184 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0309177189 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 128308158X |
| ISBN | 9781283081580 |
| Standard identifier# |
9786613081582 |
| Stock number | 308158 MIL |
