HLS622 Principles of Disaster Medicine
This course focuses on the medical management of Mass Casualty Incidents (MCIs). It will address issues of methodology and planning in disaster medicine, the medical system in the United States and the role of health response plans and epidemiology. In addition, the course will focus on risk assessment and vulnerability analysis in disaster medicine, fundamental ethical issues facing practitioners of disaster medicine and the organization of hospital-based responses to disasters.
Corequisite
None
Distribution
Security Studies
Notes
Available online only.