AMA_Disaster_Center_Activities

The American Medical
Association s Activities in
Support of Disaster Medicine and
Public Health Preparedness
Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD
President-Elect
American Medical Association
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Session learning objectives
•  Understand the spectrum of activities
at the AMA in support of disaster
medicine and public health
preparedness
•  Describe AMA activities to engage
physicians in support of disaster
medicine and public health
preparedness
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health care
professional
Every physician has a second
specialty and that is…
Disaster medicine and
public health
preparedness
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National Disaster Life Support™
(NDLS™) Program
Co-sponsored
– American Medical Association (AMA)
– National Disaster Life Support Foundation,
Inc. (NDLSF™)
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The DISASTER
Paradigm™ Detection
Incident Management
Safety and Security
Assess hazards
Support
Triage and Treatment
Evacuation
Recovery
Andrea’Booher/FEMA’
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National Disaster Life Support™
(NDLS™) Program
3 Instructor-Led courses
2 Web-Based courses
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NDLS™ Training Centers
Also in Alaska
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Over 82,000 Trained
2003 – 2011
•  CDLS® 11,392
•  BDLS® 50,421
•  ADLS® 12,065
•  NDLS™ Instructor 3,269
•  Web-Based courses 5,000
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CitizenReady®
•  Are you ready? Personal Preparedness for
Citizens
•  Prepare for the Unthinkable: A Guide to
Responding in a Radiation Disaster
•  Prepare for the Unthinkable: A
CitizenReady® Program on Responding in
a Bombing Event
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•  Disaster Medicine and Public Health
Preparedness journal
•  Secure Health Information Card
•  Webinars
– Haiti Earthquake & Cholera
•  Haiti Earthquake Physician Registry
– Japan Earthquake & Radiation
Emergency
Other AMA activities
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12 12′
Secure Health Information Card
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029098323.5690518500
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HSC
Registry
HSC
Lessons Learned
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