CHAPTER 20
EMS and Disaster
Medicine
Jacqueline Ward-Gaines, MD, FACEP
Origins of Emergency Medical Service 896
EMS Designs 896
Components of an EMS System 897
TRAINING 897
COMMUNICATION 897
FACILITIES 898
TRANSPORTATION 899
PATIENTTRANSPORT 900
PUBLICEDUCATION 900
REVIEW ANDEVALUATION 900Disaster 900
DISASTERPREPAREDNESS 901
DISASTERTRIAGE 902
DISASTERRESPONSE 903
DISASTERRESPONSEORGANIZATIONS 903Biological Weapons of Mass Destruction 904
ANTHRAX 904
PLAGUE 906
SMALLPOX 908
TULAREMIA 910
VIRALHEMORRHAGICFEVER 911Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction 912
NERVEAGENTS 912
VESICANTS 912Radiation Injuries 913
Blast Injuries 915