Responders, Clinicians & Practitioners

• National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
• USPHS Commissioned Corps (USPHS)
• Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)

Volunteer Programs

• Emergency System for Advance Registration of
  Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP)

Responder Mental Health

• Helping Staff Manage Stress When Returning
  to Work: Tips for Supervisors of Disaster
  Responders
• Returning to Work: Tips for Disaster Responders
• Adjusting to Life at Home: Tips for Families of
  Returning Disaster Responders
• Building Workforce Resilience through the Practice
  of Psychological First Aid – A Course for Supervisors
  and Leaders
• Individual Resilience: A Factsheet for Responders
• Psychological First Aid for First Responders
• Individual Resilience: A factsheet for Responders
• Building Workforce Resilience through the Practice
  of Psychological First Aid (PFA-L)
• Organizational Approaches - Tips for Emergency
  and Disaster Response Workers: Managing and
  Preventing Stress (PDF - 169 KB) 
• Stress Prevention and Management Approaches for
  Rescue Workers in the Aftermath
• Faith Based Responders and Disaster Spiritual
  Care Resources

• Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners
• Guidance for Protecting Responder's Health
  During the First Week Following a Wide-Area Aerosol Anthrax Attack
• Personal Protective Equipment –Emergency Personnel
• Personal Protective Equipment Checklist
• Your Safety First: Railroad Crossing Safety for Emergency Responders
• Review of Modern Fire Service Hazards and Protection Needs –Homeland Emergency Response
  Operational and Equipment Systems

Legal Issues

• Expanding the Roles of Emergency Medical
  Service Providers:  A Legal Analysis

Responder Preparedness & Planning

Ebola 

• An Open Letter to All U.S. Healthcare
  Professionals
• Webinar: Ebola Preparedness for the U.S.
  Healthcare System
• Detailed Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
  Checklist for Ebola Preparedness
• Checklist for Healthcare Coalitions for Ebola
  Preparedness
• Detailed Hospital Checklist for Ebola
  Preparedness
• Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Screening for
  Hospitals
• Health Care Provider Preparedness Checklist
  for EVD
• Health Care Facility Preparedness Checklist
  for EVD
• Resources for Healthcare Systems in Preparing
  for Ebola
• Interim Guidance for EMS Systems and 911
  PSAPs for Management of Patients with Known or
  Suspected Ebola Virus Disease in the U.S.

Dealing with Bioterrorism Emergencies

• Bioterrorism Information for First Responders
• Laboratory Information for Bioterrrorism
  Emergencies 
• Drug Preparedness and Response to Bioterrorism
• Guidance for Protecting Responders’ Health During
  the First Week Following A Wide-Area Aerosol
  Anthrax Attack
• Letter to Occupational Health Professionals for First Responder Anthrax Preparedness
• Frequently Asked Questions for the HHS/DHS Letter to Occupational Health Directors regarding Doxycycline Prescriptions for First Responders
  

Dealing with Chemical Emergencies

• New Evidence-Based Planning Guidance for
  Patient Decontamination
  
• Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical
  Management
• Chemical Emergency Information for First Responders 
• Medical Management Guidelines for Chemical
  Agents
• Toxic Syndrome Descriptions for Chemical
  Agents
• Case Definitions for Chemical Poisoning
• Laboratory Information for Chemical
  Emergencies 

Dealing with Radiation Emergencies:

• A Decision Maker's Guide for the Medical
  Response
  to a Nuclear Detonation
  
• Radiation – Protective Action Guide
• Radiation Emergency Information for First
  Responders
• When to Evacuate
• When to Shelter-in-Place 
• Radiation Contamination and Exposure
• Radiation Emergency Information For Clinicians
  and Hospitals
• Radiation Emergency Medical Management

Radiation Emergency Medical Countermeasures

• Potassium Iodide (KI)
• DTPA
• Prussian Blue 
• Neupogen 
• Field Administration of Radiation Exposure
  Antidotes for children

Planning

• Field Manual for Mental Health and
  Human Service Workers in Major Disasters
• Clinical/Environmental Specimens Shipping
  Guidelines 
• Disclosing Health Privacy Information for
  Public Health Emergency Preparedness
  Purposes
• Emergency Response Guidelines  
• WISER - Wireless Information System for
  Emergency Responders
• Grants and Assistance for Emergency
  Personnel
• Other Emergency Response Resources  

Lab Testing:

• Lab Issues
• Laboratory Information for Bioterrrorism
  Emergencies
• Laboratory Information for Chemical
  Emergencies
• Laboratory Response Network