Part I. Conceptual Framework and Strategic Overview: 1. Disaster research and epidemiology Megumi Kano, Michele M. Wood, Judith M. Siegel and Linda B. Bourque; 2. Disaster education and training: linking individual and organizational learning and performance Peter W. Brewster; 3. Surge capacity and scarce resource allocation Donna F. Barbisch; 4. Climate change Richard A. Matthew and Jamie L. Agius; 5. International perspectives on disaster management Jean Luc Poncelet; 6. Community resilience Rose L. Pfefferbaum, Richard Reed and Betty Pfefferbaum; 7. Ethical issues in disaster medicine George J. Annas; 8. Emerging infectious diseases: concepts in preparing for and responding to the next microbial threat Shantini D. Gamage, Stephen M. Kralovic and Gary A. Roselle; 9. Disaster behavioral health James C. West, Merritt D. Schreiber, David Benedek and Dori B. Reissman; 10. Populations with functional or access needs Brenda D. Phillips and Laura M. Stough; Part II. Operational Issues: 11. Public health and emergency management systems Connie J. Boatright-Royster and Peter W. Brewster; 12. Legislative authorities and regulatory issues Ernest B. Abbott and Jeffrey H. Luk; 13. Syndromic surveillance Gary A. Roselle; 14. Triage Christopher A. Kahn, E. Brooke Lerner and David C. Cone; 15. Personal protective equipment Howard W. Levitin; 16. Decontamination Howard W. Levitin and Christopher A. Kahn; 17. Quarantine James G. Hodge, Jr and Lawrence O. Gostin; 18. Mass dispensing of medical countermeasures Susan E. Gorman; 19. Management of mass gatherings Michael S. Molloy; 20. Transportation disasters Ulf Björnstig and Rebecca Forsberg; 21. Emergency medical services scene management Kenneth T. Miller; 22. Healthcare facility disaster management John D. Hoyle, Sr; 23. Mass fatality management Paul S. Sledzik and Sharon W. Bryson; 24. Rehabilitation of disaster casualties James E. Gosney, Jr and Colleen O'Connell; 25. Crisis and emergency risk communication Barbara J. Reynolds and Gilead Shenhar; 26. Telemedicine and telehealth role in public health emergencies Adam W. Darkins; 27. Complex public health emergencies Frederick M. Burkle, Jr; 28. Patient identification and tracking Andreas Ziegler; 29. Explosive events Glenn D. Burns and John M. Wightman; Part III: Section 1. Clinical Management: CBRNE and Hazmat: 30. Burn event management Tina L. Palmieri, Ariel Tessone and Josef Haik; 31. Clinical aspects of large-scale chemical events Jonathan Newmark; 32. Biological events Zygmunt F. Dembek and Theodore J. Cieslak; 33. Nuclear and radiological events Richard J. Hatchett, David M. Weinstock and Ronald E. Goans; 34. Hazardous material, toxic, and industrial events Hoon Chin Lim and Hock Heng Tan; Section 2. Clinical Management: Environmental Events: 35. Floods Mark E. Keim; 36. Cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons Kelly R. Klein and Frank Fuh-Yuan Shih; 37. Tornadoes Arthur G. Wallace, Jr; 38. Earthquakes Carl H. Schultz and Shira A. Schlesinger; 39. Tsunamis Samuel J. Stratton; 40. Winter storms and hazards John M. Wightman and William H. Dice; 41. Extreme heat events Carl Adrianopoli and Irving Jacoby; 42. Landslides Iain T. R. Kennedy, David N. Petley and Virginia Murray; 43. Volcanoes Peter J. Baxter.
