CME: Principles of Disaster Management
Here is James’s talk on disaster management principles.
Resources:
- Location of SCGH ED Disaster Management Plan documents:
- Previous SCGH ED CME talks on Disaster Management:
- Roger Swift’s talk on Hospital and Pre-Hospital Disaster Management from 5/2014
- Steph Schleuter’s talk on Hospital and Pre-Hospital Disaster Management from 12/2013
- Steph and Deanne’s talk on CBR Disaster Management 3/2014
- Hakan’s talk on Retrieval Medicine and Disaster Management 11/2013
- SCGH ED Disaster Bag Equipment Contents (Airway / Breathing / Circulation):
- This is the equipment we have pre-packed to take along with teams dispatched from SCGH ED to a casualty clearing post at a disaster scene (Click on images below to see the contents checklist for each bag…)
- Airway (Green bag) x 2
- Breathing (Blue Bag) x 2
- Circulation (Red Bag) x 2
Other Resources:
- 2015 ASM: Christchurch Earthquake — Prof. Mike Ardagh:
- Articles from the EMA: ‘Lessons learned’: A comparative case study analysis of an emergency department response to two burns disasters and the 2012 Disaster Issue
- Here is the ACEM Policy on Disaster Health Services
- Link to WA DOH Disaster Preparedness and Management Unit (DPMU) website
For those wanting to do a course and learn more:
