Tsunami-Related Information for Clinicians
The following is a list of resources that may be helpful to clinicians and public health workers responding to the crisis in South Asia.
On this page:
- General Information
- Advising & Evaluating Travelers
- Disease Information
- Mental Health
- Other Health Concerns
- Handling Human Remains
General Information
- Health Effects of Tsunamis
Immediate, secondary, & long-lasting effects
Advising & EvaluatingTravelers
- Interim Guidance for Health-Care Professionals Advising Travelers to Tsunami-Affected Areas
Includes immunizations as well as recommendations for health-care professionals to provide to their patients
- Interim Guidance for Healthcare Professionals Evaluating Travelers Returning from Tsunami-Affected Areas
Travelers to tsunami-affected areas may return with a variety of physical or emotional problems
Disease Information
Illness From Food or Water
- Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses
- Cholera
- Diarrhea
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis A Information Specific for Tsunami Survivors
- Hepatitis A Information for Travelers
- ACIP recommendations
- Hepatitis E
- Hepatitis E Information Specific to Tsunami Survivors
- Acehanese Translation (45 KB/1 page)
- Basaha Indonesian Translation (69 KB/1 page)
- Bengali Translation (144 KB/1 page)
- Sinhala Translation (74 KB/1 page)
- Thai Translation (139 KB/1 page)
- Hepatitis Information for Travelers
- Hepatitis E Slide Set
- Hepatitis E Information Specific to Tsunami Survivors
- Leptospirosis
- Parasitic Diseases
- Rotavirus
- Shigellosis
- Typhoid Fever
- Flooding and Communicable Diseases Fact Sheet: Risk Assessment and Preventive Measures (170 KB/6 pages)
From the World Health Organization (WHO)
Illness From Animals or Mosquitoes
Respiratory Illness
Wounds & Associated Infections & Diseases
- Emergency Wound Management
- Tetanus
- Pink Book: Tetanus (324 KB/9 pages)
- ACIP Recommendations
- Pink Book: Tetanus (324 KB/9 pages)
Mental Health
Other Health Concerns
- Snake Bites
- WHO/SEARO Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Snake Bites in the South East Asian Region
From the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO)
- WHO/SEARO Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Snake Bites in the South East Asian Region
Handling Human Remains
- Interim Health Recommendations for Workers who Handle Human Remains
CDC recommendations and other considerations…
- Disposing of Liquid Waste from Autopsies in Tsunami-Affected Areas (239 KB/14 pages)
- Management of Dead Bodies in Disaster Situations
From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
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