Problems contacting emergency services and delayed assistance are not unusual when incidents occur in rural areas, and the consequences can be devastating, particularly with mass casualty incidents. The IOM's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop to examine the current capabilities of emergency response systems and the future opportunities to improve mass casualty response in rural communities.
1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 Case Examples: 2008 Mexican Hat, Utah, Incident and 2010 Albert Pike, Arkansas, Flood; 4 3 9-1-1 Access and Communications; 5 4 Challenges Facing the Prehospital System; 6 5 Coordination and Integration Across Response Platforms; 7 6 Establishing Metrics to Assess Risk and Capabilities; 8 7 Improving Rural Mass Casualty Response in the United States; 9 8 Needs and Opportunities; 10 Appendix A: References; 11 Appendix B: Workshop Agenda; 12 Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Invited Speakers and Panelists
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, and Families Board on Children, Youth, Steve Olson
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Division of International Health
Institute of Medicine, Committee to Develop Methods Useful to the Department of Veteran Affairs in Estimating Its Physician Requirements, Joseph Lipscomb
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Committee on Enhancing the Robustness and Resilience of Future Electrical Transmission and Distribution in the United States to Terrorist Attack
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Geographical Science Committee, Committee on Private-Public Sector Collaboration to Enhance Community Disaster Resilience
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Gulf Research Program, Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Board, Karina Khazmutdinova, Sydney Steward, Riddhi Suva, Jamie Biglow, Joel Silverman, Kate Fisher, Yee San Su
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Crisis Standards of Care: A Toolkit for Indicators and Triggers, Clare Stroud, John L. Hick, Dan Hanfling
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, Miriam Davis, Bruce Altevogt, Megan Reeve
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on the Future of Emergency Alert and Warning Systems: Research Directions
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences: Future Challenges and Opportunities
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Mapping Science Committee, and Infrastructure Committee on Planning for Catastrophe: A Blueprint for Improving Geospatial Data, Tools
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Geographical Sciences Committee, Committee on Private-Public Sector Collaboration to Enhance Community Disaster Resilience
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on Managed Retreat in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Committee on the Chemistry of Urban Wildfires
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics, Committee for the Workshop on Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research—A Vision for NEES Experimental Facilities and Cyberinfrastructure Tools
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on the Future of Emergency Alert and Warning Systems: Research Directions
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, Bruce Altevogt, Megan Reeve, Theresa Wizemann
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences: Future Challenges and Opportunities