title: Selected resources for emergency and disaster preparedness and response from the United States National Library of Medicine.
abstract: The Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP) of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) works to organize and provide access to a wide range of environmental health and toxicology resources. In recent years, the demand for, and availability of, information on health issues related to natural and man-made emergencies and disasters has increased. Recognizing that access to information is essential in disaster preparedness, a new focus of NLM's 2006-2016 Long Range Plan calls for the establishment of a Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) that will aid in collecting, disseminating, and sharing information related to health and disasters. This paper introduces several of TEHIP's resources for emergency/disaster preparedness and response, such as the Radiation Event Medical Management Web site (REMM) <http://remm.nlm.gov/> and the Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) <http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov>. Several of NLM's other disaster preparedness and response resources will also be reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS), National Library of Medicine (NLM), 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. colette@nlm.nih.gov
authors.forename: Colette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hochstein
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arnesen
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goshorn
authors.forename: Marti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szczur
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D019992:Databases as Topic; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004630:Emergencies; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D023481:Terrorism; D014481:United States