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| Mark E KeimSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Terrorism involving cyanide: the prospect of improving preparedness in the prehospital settingMark E Keim
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Prehosp Disaster Med 21:s56-60. 2006....
Using a community-based approach for prevention and mitigation of national health emergenciesMark Keim
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS F38, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Pac Health Dialog 9:93-6. 2002..This discussion of key community based developmental activities is meant to provide a primer for the public health practitioner beginning the study of emergency preparedness and response...
History of the Pacific Emergency Health Initiative (PEHI)Mark Keim
Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Pac Health Dialog 9:146-9. 2002..The mission of PEHI is to "strengthen the capacity for emergency health preparedness and response among Pacific island nations". This article describes the history and development of PEHI and offers insight into future efforts...
A tool for rapid qualitative assessment of hospital-based emergency medical services among developing health sectorsMark E Keim
Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30041, USA
Pac Health Dialog 9:48-54. 2002
Key topics for emergency health education in the PacificMark Keim
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS F38, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Pac Health Dialog 9:104-8. 2002..The discussion focuses on the key concepts of: general principles of disaster management; emergency operations planning; incident management systems; disaster communications' mass casualty management; hazardous material response...
Developing a public health emergency operations plan: a primerMark Keim
Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Pac Health Dialog 9:124-9. 2002..EOPs are an important component of public health emergency preparedness. EOPs are developed according to an "all-hazard approach". These EOPs include a basic plan, functional annexes, hazard-specific appendices and SOPs...
O2C3: A unified model for emergency operations planningMark E Keim
Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Disaster Med 5:169-79. 2010..This requires preparedness in advance of the disaster event. Accordingly, preparedness measures should not be improvised or handled on an ad hoc basis...
The public health impact of industrial disastersMark E Keim
Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, National Center of Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Disaster Med 6:265-72. 2011..This article offers a review of the public health impact and unique considerations related to industrial disasters...
Building human resilience: the role of public health preparedness and response as an adaptation to climate changeMark E Keim
National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3724, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:508-16. 2008..This article discusses the role of public health in reducing human vulnerability to climate change within the context of select examples for emergency preparedness and response...
Preventing disasters: public health vulnerability reduction as a sustainable adaptation to climate changeMark E Keim
National Center for Environmental Health Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Disaster Med Public Health Prep 5:140-8. 2011....
The public health impact of tsunami disastersMark E Keim
National Center of Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Disaster Med 6:341-9. 2011..This article reviews the phenomenology and impact of tsunamis as a significant public health hazard...
Organizational and command aspects for coordinating the public health response to an outbreak of acute renal failure, Republic of Panama, 2006Miguel A Cruz
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Prehosp Disaster Med 26:217-23. 2011..This report describes the inter-agency coordination and organizational structure implemented during an international response to identify the cause of an outbreak of acute renal failure in Panama...
Lack of hospital preparedness for chemical terrorism in a major US city: 1996-2000Mark E Keim
Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Prehosp Disaster Med 18:193-9. 2003..It is unknown whether these additional funds had an impact on the level of hospital preparedness for managing mass casualties involving hazardous materials at the local level, including potential terrorist attacks with chemical agents...
Sea-level-rise disaster in Micronesia: sentinel event for climate change?Mark E Keim
National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3724, USA
Disaster Med Public Health Prep 4:81-7. 2010..To describe the impact of an acute-onset sea-level-rise disaster in 2 coral atoll populations and to generate hypotheses for further investigation of the association between climate change and public health...
Emergent use of social media: a new age of opportunity for disaster resilienceMark E Keim
National Center for Environmental Health Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Disaster Med 6:47-54. 2011..In addition, in absence of the normal checks and balances that regulate traditional media, privacy rights violations can occur as people use social media to describe personal events and circumstances...
Emergency health and risk management in sub-saharan Africa: a lesson from the embassy bombings in Tanzania and KenyaZoanne A Clack
Emory University, Department of Emergency Medicine
Prehospital Disaster Med 17:59-66. 2002..Also, an emergency medicine-based strategy for injury control and prevention is proposed. Implications of implementing such a protocol in developing nations also are discussed...
