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FORUM ON MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS FOR CATASTROPHIC EVENTS

Preparedness and Response to a Rural Mass Casualty Incident

Workshop Summary

Kristin Viswanathan, Theresa Wizemann, and Bruce M. Altevogt, Rapporteurs

Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events

Board on Health Sciences Policy

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS

Washington D.C.
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This project was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the American Nurses Association, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contract No. 200-2005-13434 TO #6), the Department of the Army (Contract No. W81XWH-08-P-0934), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Contract No. HHSP233200800498P), the Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health (Contract No. N01-OD-4-2139 TO #198), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (Contract Nos. HHSP233200900680P, HH5P23320042509X1), the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Health Affairs (Contract No. HSHQDC-07-C-00097), the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Contract No. HSFEHQ-08-P-1800), the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DTNH22-10-H-00287), the Department of Veterans Affairs (Contract No. V101(93)P-2136 TO #10), the Emergency Nurses Association, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the National Association of County and City Health Officials, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the United Health Foundation. The views presented in this publication are those of the editors and attributing authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

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Suggested citation: IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2011. Preparedness and Response to a Rural Mass Casualty Incident: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE*

ROBERT BASS (Chair),

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, MD

JOHN CHIARAMONTE,

Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA

DIA GAINOR,

Idaho EMS Bureau, Boise, ID

MICHAEL HANDRIGAN,

Emergency Care Coordination Center, HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Washington, DC

KELLY HARDY,

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, DC

EILEEN HOLLORAN,

Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Rural Health Policy, Rockville, MD

RICHARD C. HUNT,

Division of Injury Response, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Center, Atlanta, GA

JERRY JOHNSTON,

Henry County Hospital Center EMS, Mt. Pleasant, IA

JON KROHMER,

Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

DEBORAH LEVY,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

ROBERT POLLACK,

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC

NELS SANDDAL,

Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation, Bozeman, MT

JOLENE WHITNEY,

Utah Bureau of Emergency Services, Salt Lake City, UT

GAMUNU WIJETUNGE,

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC

IOM Staff

BRUCE ALTEVOGT, Preparedness Forum Director

CLARE STROUD, Program Officer

ANDREW POPE, Director,

Board on Health Sciences Policy

ALEX REPACE, Senior Program Assistant

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IOM planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.

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FORUM ON MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS FOR CATASTROPHIC EVENTS*

ROBERT KADLEC (Co-Chair),

PRTM Management Consultants, Washington, DC

LYNNE KIDDER (Co-Chair),

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Tripler AMC, Hawaii

ALEX ADAMS,

National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation, Alexandria, VA

DAMON ARNOLD,

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Arlington, VA

GEORGES BENJAMIN,

American Public Health Association, Washington, DC

D. W. CHEN,

Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense, Washington, DC

VICTORIA DAVEY,

Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC

JEFFREY DUCHIN,

Public Health –Seattle & King County and University of Washington, Seattle

ALEXANDER GARZA,

Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

JULIE GERBERDING,

Merck Vaccines, West Point, PA

LEWIS GOLDFRANK,

New York University Medical Center, New York

LYNN GOLDMAN,

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (until September 2010)

DAN HANFLING,

Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA

JACK HERRMANN,

National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, DC

JAMES JAMES,

American Medical Association, Chicago, IL

JERRY JOHNSTON,

National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, Mt. Pleasant, IA

BRIAN KAMOIE,

The White House, Washington, DC

LISA KAPLOWITZ,

HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Washington, DC

ALI KHAN,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

MICHAEL KURILLA,

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD

JAYNE LUX,

National Business Group on Health, Washington, DC

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IOM forums and roundtables do not issue, review, or approve individual documents. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.

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ANTHONY MACINTYRE,

American College of Emergency Physicians, Washington, DC

ANGELA MCGOWAN,

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ

MARGARET MCMAHON,

Emergency Nurses Association, Williamstown, NJ

MATTHEW MINSON,

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

ERIN MULLEN,

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Washington, DC

CHERYL PETERSON,

American Nurses Association, Silver Spring, MD

STEVEN PHILLIPS,

National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

ROSLYNE SCHULMAN,

American Hospital Association, Washington, DC

RICHARD SERINO,

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC

SHARON STANLEY,

American Red Cross, Washington, DC

ERIC TONER,

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

REED TUCKSON,

United Health Group, Minneapolis, MN

MARGARET VANAMRINGE,

The Joint Commission, Washington, DC

GAMUNU WIEJETUNGE,

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC

IOM Staff

BRUCE ALTEVOGT, Project Director

CLARE STROUD, Program Officer

KRISTIN VISWANATHAN, Research Associate

ALEX REPACE, Senior Program Assistant

ANDREW POPE, Director,

Board on Health Sciences Policy

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Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Aimee Binning, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, CVC Training Inc.

Rick Jones, National Emergency Number Association

Kevin McGinnis, National Association of State EMS Officials

Drexdal Pratt, North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation, (former) North Carolina Bureau of Emergency Medical Services

Joseph Schmider, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, Pennsylvania Department of Health

Christopher Tilden, Mountain States Group

Tim Wiedrich, Emergency Preparedness and Response North Dakota Department of Health

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of this report

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before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Jeff Runge, the Chertoff Group. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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Problems contacting emergency services and delayed assistance are not unusual when incidents occur in rural areas, and the consequences can be devastating, particularly with mass casualty incidents. The IOM's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop to examine the current capabilities of emergency response systems and the future opportunities to improve mass casualty response in rural communities.

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