Bridgeport Hosptial. Greenwich Hospital. Yale-New Haven Hospital. Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital.

Yale New Haven Health System

789 Howard Avenue, New Haven, CT 065198 • Tel. (203) 688-4608, Fax (203) 688-3774

Yale New Haven Health.

Site Contents

  • Home
  • What's New
  • Education & Training
  • Conferences & Presentations
  • Programs & Services
  • Volunteer Programs
  • Partnerships
  • Community Preparedness
  • About the Center
  • YNHHS Home

Yale New Haven Center for
Emergency Preparedness
and Disaster Response
1 Church Street, 5th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
Tel. (203) 688-3224
Fax (203) 688-4618


congressSM (62K)

Yale New Haven International Congress on
Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management


Sept. 12-13, 2005
Congress Program
(Note: All files are pdfs unless otherwise indicated.)

Day 1 | Day 2

Keynote Speaker
P.K. Carlton, MD: The Battle of New Orleans 2005 - The Medical Perspective

Track 1
Emergency Management PAHO

PAHO/WHO's Vision of Emergency Preparedness
J. Garcia
Disaster Myths That Will Not Die
J-L. Poncelet
Common Misconceptions about Disaster Medicine
C. de Ville de Goyet

Track 2
National Emergency Management

Children and Disaster Preparedness Planning: What We Need To Know
I. Redlener
Health Care and Community Issues in Emergency Mangement (flash movie)
J. Cappielllo
Modifications to the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (Powerpoint file) J. Paturas
Track 3
Lessons Learned in Recent Emergencies


Too Little Too Late: The Swedish Tsunami Commission
T. Hodgetts
2001 World Trade Center Attack
G. Asaeda
The London Bombings
T. Hodgetts
Track 4
Oral abstracts



List of oral abstracts
and presenters



Keynote Speaker
Frederick Burkle, MD: Mass Illness Triage Management in Large Scale Bioevent Disasters

Track 5
Educ. and Training in Disaster Med.


The European Master in Disaster Medicine
H. Delooz
Disaster Medical Training: An International Standard
T. Hodgetts
Education and Training for Homeland Defense and Security
S. Supinski
National Disaster Life Support
D. Burich
Track 6
National Emergency Management

Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program
L. Coccodrilli
The Role of the Federal Government in Consequence Management
S. Smith
TOPOFF National Exercise Program
S. Cosgrove
The Role of ASTM in Health Emergencies and Preparedness
J. Augustine
Track 7
Hospital Emergency Management

Terrorism-related Trauma: Lessons Learned in Israel: 2000-2005
P. Halpern
Hospital Preparedness for Mental Health Needs
D. Schonfield
Hospital Preparedness for Biological Emergencies
L. Dembry
Hospital Emergency Incident Command System and SARS
M. Tsai
Track 8
Oral abstracts




List of oral abstracts
and presenters


Panel
Discussion
Hot Topics in Emergency Management
Tim Hodgetts, MD; Jean Luc Poncelet, MD - 1, 2



Day 1 | Day 2


Keynote Speaker
Marvin Birnbaum, MD: Why Haven't We Learned from What We Have Learned?

Track 1
Emergency Management in
the 21st Century

Health Disaster Management: Evaluation and Research ...
K. Sundnes
Evidence-based Emergency Management
J. Arnold
Principles of Response to Mega-terrorism Incidents in Israel
P. Halpern
Track 2
Lessons Learned in Recent Emergencies

The Mass-Casualty Terrorist Bombings in Istanbul Turkey ...
U. Rodoplu
Bam Earthquake; Crush Syndrome; Acute Renal Failure ...
A. Rastegar
International Medical Response to Three Tsunamis
Y. Asai
Track 3
Hospital Emergency Management

Surge Capacity Approaches in Hospitals
C. Cannon
The Role of the American Hospital Association in Emergency Preparedness
R. Schulman
Creating Hospital Emergency Capacity In Post Tsunami
L. Stock
Track 4
Fear Management Seminar


Symposium
on Managing Fear in a
Hyper-vigilant Society

M. Magee

Keynote Speaker
Eric Noji, MD: Public Health Consequences of Disasters

Track 5
Public Health
and Disaster Medicine


Myths, Paradigms, Truths, Axioms
K. Sundnes
Legal Considerations
in Disasters

J. Hodge
Rapid Assessment
in Health Emergencies

D. Bradt
Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
G. Greenough
Track 6
Stakeholders in Emergency Management

The Role of Trauma Center in Health Emergency Management
L. Jacobs
The Role of Burn Centers in Health Emergency Management
P. Fidler
The Role of EMS in Health Emergency Management
D. Cone
Track 7
Clinical Disaster Medicine

Cyanide Poisoning and Structural Fires
F. Baud
Medical Care of Children in Disasters
A. Cooper
Crush Injury and Crush Syndrome
J. Holliman
Terrorism and Disasters: Treating Acute Stress ...
S. Berkowitz
Track 8
Oral abstracts



List of oral abstracts
and presenters


Congress support was provided in part through funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) through a BTCDP grant T01HP01399; the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) through a small conference grant 1 R13 HS016204; Pfizer, Inc.; and the Northern New England Metropolitan Medical Response System and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.


Back to Emergency Preparedness
Last updated: Dec. 5, 2006 (dh)
  Top of page.
Contents copyright © 2006 Yale New Haven Health. All rights reserved.
Comments or suggestions to the site editor.
All information is designed for educational purposes only.