Emergency Information for Health and Safety Professionals

Answer:

General

• National Center for Environmental Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch (EPRB)
  24-Hour Emergency Telephone for Health Professionals or Government Officials: (770) 488-7100
  
• Hurricane-Related Information for Health Care Professionals (CDC)
  http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/hcp.asp
  
• CDC Emergency Preparedness & Response
  http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
  
• Medline Plus Disasters and Emergency Preparedness (NIH)
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disastersandemergencypreparedness.htm

Technical Assistance

• Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity (AHRQ):
  http://www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/
  
• Rural Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Technical Assistance Center
  http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/ruralems/

Worker Safety

• Hurricane Response: Storm and Flood Cleanup (CDC):
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/flood/

• National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory Guidance Documents: Protecting Emergency Responders (CDC):
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/guidancedocs/rand.html

• Hurricane Information for Response and Cleanup Workers (CDC)
  http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/workers.asp

• Worker Safety After a Flood (CDC)
  http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/floods/workersafety.asp
  
• Traumatic Incident Stress: Information For Emergency Response Workers (CDC)
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/unp-trinstrs.html
  

Drugs and Medical Devices

• Natural Disaster Response (FDA):
  http://www.fda.gov/cder/emergency/default.htm
  
• Information Regarding Insulin Storage and Switching between Products in an Emergency (FDA):
  http://www.fda.gov/cder/emergency/insulin.htm
  
• FDA Offers Tips about Medical Devices and Hurricane Disasters:
  http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/emergency/hurricane.html
  

Last Reviewed: 04/03/2008