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General Emergency
Resources
- Emergency Medical Services for Children after the Emergency
is Over: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Youth [fact
sheet].
www.ems-c.org/downloads/pdf/ptstress.pdf
This two-page fact sheet describes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
and details its symptoms. It also provides tips for adults helping a
child with PTSD and lists several sources of additional information.
National organizations listed as resources include EMS Partnership for
Children member groups, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American
Psychological Association, and the National Association of Social Workers.
- Field Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in
Major Disasters
(captus.samhsa.gov/northeast/pdf/field.pdf)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published this pocket
reference intended for mental health workers and other human service
providers who assist survivors following a disaster.
Organizations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health
Emergency Preparedness and Response Division (www.bt.cdc.gov)
This website contains CDC health alerts, advisories, and updates, and
includes sections on agents/diseases, epidemiology/surveillance, information/communications,
laboratory issues, legal/ethical issues, media/health, planning/guidance,
US state/local efforts, and training. A version of the site is available
in Spanish.
- David Baldwin's award winning Trauma Information (www.trauma-pages.com)
website includes links to online handouts and fact sheets that address
traumatic stress in a variety of disaster situations. The site also
connects to several disaster tracking websites and organizations—covering
the range of natural and man-made disasters, including terrorism.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (www.fema.gov/)
An independent agency of the federal government, FEMA provides a comprehensive,
risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness,
response, and recovery. FEMA also maintains the Global Emergency Management
System (www.fema.gov/hazard/index.shtm),
which contains links to sites in a variety of categories related to
emergency management.
- National Safety Council (www.nsc.org/issues/prepare.htm)
This site contains resources for the workplace, emergency responders,
families, and journalists.
- The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) (ndms.dhhs.gov/index.html),
housed within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Response Division, Operations Branch, is responsible
for supporting Federal agencies in the management and coordination of
the Federal medical response to major emergencies and Federally-declared
disasters.
- The Office of Homeland Security (www.whitehouse.gov/homeland)
coordinates national strategy to protect against terrorist threats or
attacks in the United States. Their site lists the latest news, announcements,
legislation and tips on terrorism, including links to a number of U.S.
government sites dealing with this topic or related issues.
- World Health Organization: Humanitarian Action (www.who.int/disasters)
advocates for public health practice in humanitarian situations.
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