title: Partnered disaster preparedness: lessons learned from international events.
abstract: Military, governmental, and civilian agencies routinely respond to disasters around the world, including large-scale mass casualty events such as the earthquake in Pakistan in 2005, Hurricane Katrina in the United States in 2005, and the earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Potential exists for improved coordination of medical response between civilian and military sectors and for the creation of a planned and practiced interface. Disaster preparedness could be enhanced with more robust disaster education for civilian responders; creation of a database of precredentialed, precertified medical specialists; implementation of a communication bridge; and the establishment of agreements between military and civilian medical/surgical groups in advance of major catastrophic events.
authors.affiliation: Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, and Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Born
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Cullison
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: Roman A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hayda
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McSwain
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Riddles
authors.forename: Albert J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Shimkus
mesh_terms: D055867:Cyclonic Storms; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055866:Earthquakes; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006205:Haiti; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents; D010154:Pakistan; D014481:United States