@article{ref1,
title="Designing a National Disaster Medical System",
journal="Public health reports (1974)",
year="1985",
author="Brandt, Edward N. and Mayer, W. N. and Mason, J. O. and Brown, D. E. and Mahoney, L. E.",
volume="100",
number="5",
pages="455-461",
abstract="The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is a partnership of private and public sectors to provide care to the victims of great disasters. The system is being developed as a voluntary cooperative effort of four major Federal agencies, State and local governments, and the American professional and hospital communities. A medical response component will include 150 disaster medical assistance units capable of clearing or staging operations in a disaster. Each unit will comprise three 29-person teams containing physicians, nurses, medical technicians, and support personnel and will include a 16-person unit command and support element. An evacuation component will be founded on the military aeromedical evacuation system, augmented by civilian aircraft and other transportation resources. A hospital component will enroll 100,000 pre-committed beds in hospitals throughout the nation. The system is designed to care for up to 100,000 casualties arising from a massive peacetime disaster or an overseas conventional military conflict. The National Disaster Medical System will be implemented over a period of 3 to 5 years. The authors recommend that all parts of the American health care community join in support of the system.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-3549",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}