Emergency management during disasters for small animal practitioners.
This article provides a broad overview of emergency management during disasters, including its organizational structure and the emergency management cycle. It delineates activities that small animal clinicians might engage in with regards to disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. It also introduces such concepts as the incident command system and the national incident management system. Last, this article provides some suggestions for how small animal veterinarians might seek further training and education in this increasingly important field.
Engelke
Helen T
HT
College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, 309 E Second Street, Pomona, CA 91766, USA. hengelke@westernu.edu
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