CME: Principles of Disaster Medicine
In a world that is seeing increasingly more disasters, both natural and non-natural, disaster medicine has never been so important. Here is Tim’s talk on Principles of Disaster Medicine,including good examples of the Ebola crisis and the Boston Marathon bombing.
Important information:
- Location of SCGH ED Emergency Procedure Manuals (Next to ED X-ray Room):
- Location and contents of SCGH ED Disaster Equipment (Airway / Breathing / Circulation):
- This equipment is located opposite the ED Admin on the ground floor next to the Gold Lifts
- Note: some staff members swipe cards can access this room – but, if yours does not, then there is a swipe card with the Clerk on the flight deck that will):
- 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…)
Resources:
- Previous SCGH ED CME talks on Disaster Management:
- Kerry Gomes’ talk on Principles of Disaster Management from 11/2016
- James Winton’s talk on Disaster Management from 5/2016
- Roger Swift’s talk on Hospital and Pre-Hospital Disaster Management from 5/2014
- Steph and Deanne’s talk on CBR Disaster Management 3/2014
- Steph Schleuter’s talk on Hospital and Pre-Hospital Disaster Management from 12/2013
- Hakan’s talk on Retrieval Medicine and Disaster Management 11/2013
- Other interesting talks and articles on Disaster Medicine:
- 2016 SMACC DUB: SMACC FORCE Active Shooter Simulation
- 2016 SMACC DUB: SMACC FORCE Terror Simulation Discussion
- 2015 ASM: Christchurch Earthquake — Prof. Mike Ardagh
- 2015 ASM: Emerging from the rubble- Prof. Mike Ardagh
- ‘From crisis to sustainable development: Lessons from the Ebola outbreak’ from Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization
- ACEM Policy on Disaster Health Services
For those interested in taking a course or learning more on Disaster response/Trauma:
