Medical Associations
American College of Emergency Physicians
Also see
Disaster Medicine Section - Important Links-Resources and Educational Resources
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
European Society for Emergency Medicine - Disaster Medicine
Government Resources
Public Health Agency of Canada
Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Tool Kit Pandemic Influenza Exercise for the Health and Emergency Social Services Sectors
Public Safety Canada Emergency Management
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Useful CDC resources:
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners
Preparing for a Mass Casualty Event: Information for Health Care Systems and Providers
US Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Mental Health Topics: Disaster/Trauma
Emergency Mental Health and Traumatic Stress
Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC)
National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations
Disasters and Emergencies: For Practitioners, Clinicians, and Responders
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies (also available as pdf document)
US Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD
US Center for Excellence In Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
Also see
Pacific Disaster Management Information Network Asia-Pacific Outbreak/Surveillance Report
Non-governmental On-line Resources
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center’s Public Health in Emergencies
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)
“WADEM's membership is comprised of physicians, nurses, professors, paramedics, EMTs, psychologists, social workers, students, dentists, sociologists, emergency planners and managers, and public health officials representing 55 countries worldwide. WADEM is a non-profit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin.”
Canadian Red Cross
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
“IASC Products are guidelines, tools and documents endorsed by the IASC Working Group or IASC Principals and used by humanitarian actors in field or policy work. Given the inclusive membership of the IASC, these products carry a very broad consensus within the humanitarian community and guide the work of many UN and Non-UN humanitarian partners.”
International Committee of the Red Cross
Also see
ICRC Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity Section
MSF (Doctors Without Borders) Medical Research Articles
Overseas Development Institute (ODI): Health
RAND Center for Public Health Preparedness
ReliefWeb Policy & Issues By Theme: Health
WHO
Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response
Public health and environment (PHE)
Pan American Health Organization (Regional office of WHO) Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance
UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters (CPHD)
Also see
Bioterrorism publications and links
University of Rochester's Center for Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness
The Centers for Law & the Public’s Health: A Collaborative at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities
Natural Hazards Center: Public Health, Mental Health, and Emergency Medicine (Unfortunately, several links here are not functioning directly, but can search for the listed resources online to find the new links)
VHA Foundation National and State Disaster Preparedness Resources and Tools
Trauma Information Pages (Compiled by David Baldwin, licensed psychologist working in Oregon, US, special interest in trauma and PTSD)
Eye of the Storm, Inc Disaster Mental Health (Compiled by John D. Weaver, clinical social worker, author, crisis intervention consultant, and trainer from Pennsylvania, US)
WorldOrtho Electronic Textbook of Orthopaedics, Trauma, and Sports Medicine Chapter 20: Disasters
Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
Managing Public Health Threats: Biological and Bioterrorism Preparedness
