PC 4: Disaster Medicine

Course Directors

  • Massimo Azzaretto (Italy)
  • Luca Ragazzoni (Italy)
  • Eric Weinstein (USA)

Faculty

  • Francesco Della Corte
  • Jeffrey Franc
  • Sofie Pauwels
  • Eric Weinstein
  • Evert Verhoeven
  • Matteo Paganini

Participants

The course is designed for 30 participants.

Required materials

Participants should each bring their own laptop.

Course description 

Participants from various backgrounds and experience in mass casualty incident planning and response will collaborate similar to the constituents involved in the creation of an actual mass casualty incident response plan.  The class will be divided into three committees to work together and collectively to produce a hazard vulnerability analysis, resource analysis and a mass casualty incident plan of a fictional country. Participants will receive lessons from experts, breakout sessions to guide each of the committees to work towards completion of their assignments, and a computer simulation to exercise their plan.

Learning objectives

1. To identify and gather relevant constituents to research, create and implement a mass casualty incident response plan for a government or non-government organization.

2. To research, adapt and complete an appropriate hazard vulnerability analysis of risks facing a government or non-government organization.

3. To research necessary staff, stuff and structures already possessed by response agencies and to learn how to acquire or contract the remaining staff, stuff and structures to meet the demand of a mass casualty incident.

4. To collaborate with relevant constituents to research, create and implement effective and efficient exercises that stress the mass casualty incident response plan with critical review to then implement appropriate process and system improvement.

Schedule

Saturday 12 October

09:00-09:15 Intro to Riceland Game  L. Ragazzoni
09:15-09:45

Health Authority

E. Weinstein
09:45-10:15 Risk Assessment and Risk Management M.Paganini
10:15-10:45

Resource Analysis and Logistics

M. Azzaretto
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break  
11:30-12:00 Surge Capacity and Crisis Standard of Care F. Della Corte
12:00-12:30 ICS/HICS J. Franc
12:30-13:00 MCI Plan L. Ragazzoni
13:00-14:00 Lunch  
14:00-14:15 Explanation interactive map M.Paganini
14:15-14:30 Explanation Committee format E. Weinstein, M. Azzaretto
14:30-15:00

Breakout Committee establish structure 

All instructors
15:00-16:30 Committees start work All instructors
16:30-17:00 Break  
17:00-17:30

Each Committee presents preliminary work

All instructors
17:30-18:00 Committees continue work All instructors

Sunday 13 October

08:30-12:30

ISEE Simulation

Sofie Pauwels, Evert Verhoeven

12:30-13:00 Final thoughts and wrap up L. Ragazzoni, M. Azzaretto, E. Weinstein

Directors

Dr Jim Connolly
Dr Jim Connolly
President
Dr Robert Leach
Dr Robert Leach
President- Elect
Dr Niccolo Parri
Dr Niccolo Parri
VICE- President
Prof Christoph Dodt
Prof Christoph Dodt
Vice-President
Dr Tatjana Rajkovic
Dr Tatjana Rajkovic
Honorary Secretary
Dr Diana Cimpoesu
Dr Diana Cimpoesu
HONORARY Treasurer

 

The Board of Directors may co-opt

Dr Zsolt Bognar
Dr Zsolt Bognar
Chairperson of the Paediatric Branch
Dr Effie Polyzogopoulou
Dr Effie Polyzogopoulou
Chairperson of Ultrasound Committee
Dr Anna Spiteri
Dr Anna Spiteri
Co-Chair of EMERGE
 
Dr Ashraf Butt
Dr Ashraf Butt
Co-Chair of EMERGE
 
Dr Ruth Brown
Dr Ruth Brown
Chairperson of Education Committee
Prof Marc Sabbe
Prof Marc Sabbe
Chairperson of fellowship committee
Dr John Heyworth
Dr John Heyworth
Chairperson of the Professional committee
Dr James van Oppen
Dr James van Oppen
Chairperson of the Geriatric section
Prof Martin Moeckel
Prof Martin Moeckel
Chairperson of the Research Committee
Prof Mehmet Karamercan
Prof Mehmet Karamercan
Chairperson of the Research Network
Dr Eric Revue
Dr Eric Revue
chairperson of the Pre-Hospital section
Dr Kurt Anseeuw
Dr Kurt Anseeuw
Chairperson of the toxicology section
Prof Yonathan Freund
Prof Yonathan Freund
EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Dr Youri Yordanov
Dr Youri Yordanov
CHAIRPERSON OF THE EUSEM CONGRESS ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Dr Canberk Meseli
Chairperson of the YEMD Section