Enviro-Health Links - Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gatherings
Public Health Preparations for Mass Gatherings
- From Start to Finish: Physician Usefulness at Mass Gathering Event
American College of Emergency Physicians - Mass gatherings and public health: the experience of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games (PDF, 4 MB)
edited by Agis D. Tsouros and Panos A. Efstathiou. World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, c2007 - Planning for Medical Emergencies Critical at Political Conventions
American Medical Association - Provision of Emergency Medical Care for Crowds
American College of Emergency Physicians - Public Health Aspects of Mass Gatherings: Preparations for and Lessons Learned from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (PDF, 259KB)
Andy Sterachis, Ph.D, R.Ph., University of Washington - Public Health Surveillance for Mass Gatherings (PDF, 1982KB)
Lombardo, J.S., et al., Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest, Vol. 27, No. 4 (2008) - Public Health, Safety, and Security for Mass Gatherings (PDF, 568KB)
Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives - Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies
FEMA - Special Events Contingency Planning: Job Aids Manual (PDF, 922 KB)
FEMA
Public Health Preparedness and Mass Casualties
- Hospital Preparedness for Mass Casualties (PDF, 80KB)
American Hospital Association, with support of Office of Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Mass Casualty Event Preparedness And Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Mass Casualty Information for Health Professionals
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Mass Casualty Management Systems – Strategies and Guidelines for Building Health Sector Capacity (PDF, 288KB)
World Health Organization - Mass Fatality Incident Management: Guidance for Hospitals and Other Healthcare Entities (PDF, 427KB)
Los Angeles County Partners (Dept. of Coroner; Dept. of Health Services, Emergency Medical Services Agency; & Dept. of Public Health) - Model Communities Link EMS and Public Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Preparation & Planning – Healthcare Facilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Outbreaks and Communicable Diseases and Mass Gatherings
- Communicable Disease Alert and Response for Mass Gatherings – Key Considerations (670KB)
World Health Organization - Communicable Disease Alert and Response for Mass Gatherings – Technical Workshop (PDF, 132KB)
World Health Organization - Community-Based Mass Prophylaxis: A Planning Guide for Public Health Preparedness (PDF, 1.07MB)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Epidemic Intelligence during Mass Gatherings
Kaiser, R., Coulombier D., European Center for Disease Prevention and Control - Surveillance for Early Detection of Disease Outbreaks at an Outdoor Mass Gathering --- Virginia, 2005
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006 Jan 27;55(3):71-4
Searches from the National Library of Medicine
PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
- Public Health Aspects of Mass Gatherings
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