On the Cover:

Lewis Rubinson, Helen Miller, and Jon Jui

Gustav Strikes the Louisiana Bayou: Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Staff and OR-2 DMAT Team Up to Provide Acute Care for Houma
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 205. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

James J. James

From the Editor-in-Chief
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 206-207. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited Editorial Commentary:

Lynn Lawry and Frederick M. Burkle, Jr

Measuring the True Human Cost of Natural Disasters
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 208-210. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Global Correspondent:

Mamata V. Kene

World Update
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 211-214. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Research and Critical Analysis:

Joan Brunkard, Gonza Namulanda, and Raoult Ratard

Hurricane Katrina Deaths, Louisiana, 2005
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 215-223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tener Goodwin Veenema, Bonnie Walden, Nancy Feinstein, and Jacqueline P. Williams

Factors Affecting Hospital-based Nurses' Willingness to Respond to a Radiation Emergency
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 224-229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erik J. Reaves, Kenneth W. Schor, and Frederick M. Burkle, Jr

Implementation of Evidence-based Humanitarian Programs in Military-led Missions: Part I. Qualitative Gap Analysis of Current Military and International Aid Programs
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 230-236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erik J. Reaves, Kenneth W. Schor, and Frederick M. Burkle, Jr

Implementation of Evidence-based Humanitarian Programs in Military-led Missions: Part II. The Impact Assessment Model
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 237-244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Focus:

SALT Mass Casualty Triage: Concept Endorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, American Trauma Society, National Association of EMS Physicians, National Disaster Life Support Education Consortium, and State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 245-246. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher D. Nelson, Ellen Burke Beckjord, David J. Dausey, Edward Chan, Debra Lotstein, and Nicole Lurie

How Can We Strengthen the Evidence Base in Public Health Preparedness?
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 247-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Concepts in Disaster Medicine:

Nicole Lurie, David J. Dausey, Troy Knighton, Melinda Moore, Sarah Zakowski, and Lawrence Deyton

Community Planning for Pandemic Influenza: Lessons From the VA Health Care System
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 251-257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Medical Reserve Corps Commentary:

Grace Middleton

Civilian Volunteers Building Public Health Resilience
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 258-260. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acknowledgment of Reviewers:

Acknowledgment of Reviewers
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008 v. 2, p. 261-262. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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