Hospital Mass-Casualty Disaster Management (HDM)
Thank you for you interest in the Society's Hospital Mass-Casualty Disaster Management (HDM) materials. These materials address the challenge of managing a sudden surge in critically ill or injured patients that overwhelms your critical care capacity and it is based within the context of disaster preparedness and response. Listed below are the administrative materials, slide sets, and book chapters related to HDM.
Administrative Materials
Slide Sets (Lectures)
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Book Chapters
For your convenience, the HDM book is available by chapter:
- Chapter 1 Introduction Globalization Creates Potential for Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases
- Chapter 2 Disaster Epidemiology and Hospital Preparedness
- Chapter 3 Emergency Mass Critical Care
- Chapter 4 Basic Patient Monitoring
- Chapter 5 Diagnosis and Management of Shock
- Chapter 6 Principles of Positive Pressure Ventilation and Management of Mechanical Ventilation in a Mass Casualty Event
- Chapter 7 Identifying and Managing Common Complications of Critical Care
- Chapter 8 Mental Health Issues and Palliative End-of-Life Care
- Chapter 9 Chemical Exposures
- Chapter 10 Traumatic Injuries
- Chapter 11 Burn Injuries
- Chapter 12 Burn Injuries
- Chapter 13 Natural and Intentional Epidemics