TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - Designing a National Disaster Medical System
JO  - Public health reports (1974)
A1  - Brandt, Edward N.
A1  - Mayer, W. N.
A1  - Mason, J. O.
A1  - Brown, D. E.
A1  - Mahoney, L. E.
SP  - 455
EP  - 461
VL  - 100
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-3549
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -