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Disaster Response and Preparedness

Resources for Students

Clinical/Disaster Response Skills

  • Auscultation Assistant

  • Cardiology Skills Tutorial

  • ECG On-Line Tutorial

  • Heart Sounds Tutorial

  • Intubation Techniques

  • Levels of Protection Gear in Hazardous Environments

  • Lung Sounds Tutorial

  • Needlestick Prevention

  • Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START)

  • Suturing Manual

  • Trauma Team Leader Tutorial

  • X-Ray Interpretation

    • Education: Tutorials

  • Biological Warfare Tutorials

  • Center for Disease Control: Disaster Preparedness On-Line Modules

  • CDC: Public Health Teleconferences

  • Critical Care Medicine: Tutorials

  • DC Emergency Management Agency: Emergency Preparedness Training

  • Hospital Incident Command System: Tutorials

    • Training Opportunities

  • Become a Red Cross Disaster Volunteer

  • Disaster Medicine Student Elective, U of New Mexico School of Medicine

  • National Disaster Life Support Foundation: Training

  • Tactical Medicine Training for Students

  • Volunteer as a 'victim' in a Hospital Disaster Life Support Course
    Select a training date, then register as a volunteer
  • Wilderness Medicine Training Opportunities

    • Disaster Preparedness Resources

  • ACEP: Disaster Response and Bio/Chemical Terrorism

  • American College of Radiology: Radiation Disasters

  • American Medical Association: Infectious Diseases

  • Biological and Chemical Warfare

  • Center for Disease Control: Agents, Diseases, and Other Threats

  • Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination

  • Doctors for Disaster Preparedness

  • Global Electronic Reporting System for Outbreaks

  • The Sphere Poject:
    Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response

  • Johns Hopkins University: Clinical Event Preparedness and Response

  • Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

  • Mass Casualty and Bioterrorism

  • Why Medical Students Should be Trained in Disaster Response

    • Important Phone Numbers

  • Center for Disease Control: 800-311-3435

  • DC Department of Health: 202-671-5000

  • DC Emergency Management: 202-727-6161

  • FBI: 202-278-2000

  • GW Emergency Operations Center: 202-742-8800
  • GWUMC Fire Safety: 202-994-8464

  • GWUMC Radiation Safety: 202-994-2630

  • GWUMC Security Desk: 202-994-8800

  • GW Medical Center Status: 202-994-5050

  • GW University Police: 202-994-6111

  • Poison Control Center: 800-222-1222

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    Emergency Medicine Interest Group
    The George Washington University School of Medicine
    2300 Eye St., NW
    Washington, DC 20037
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    Contact: Irina Fox at ifox@gwu.edu
    © 2005-2006 | Last Updated: June 1, 2007