Humanitarian Resource Institute

. Graduate Studies: Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Medical Self Care: Emergency Care Center

Combat/Field Medicine Model: The Next Level of Preparedness .

Communication: Biodefense Threat Analysis & Communications Center: Pathobiologics International.

Contact: Stephen M. Apatow, Director of Research and Development, Humanitarian University Consortium GraduateStudies Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Law *. Email: s.m.apatow@pathobiologics.org

*Training: Combat Field Medicine: Medical Corps: U.S./International Combat/Field Medicine Training programs, Ohio State University Extension Campus.

In the Spotlight

Systemic Collapse: Medical Care in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, Volume 4, Number 2, 2006. UPMC: Center for Biosecurity: Publications by year.

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. According to Wikipedia, the tsunami generated by the earthquake killed approximately 275,000 people, making it one of the deadliest disasters in modern history.

During a 2005 Combat/Field Medicine training program I participated in at the Ohio State University Extension, a video presentation focused on three young people from the United States who were working at orphanages in Indonesia, when the tsunami hit. With no medical experience or training, they gathered medical supplies, obtained permission to enter the impacted region and found themselves in charge of hospital clinics with the full range of medical challenges.

Operational Medicine (www.operationalmedicine.org)

Operational Medicine is the healthcare provided in unconventional settings where important resources may be significantly restricted. These resources could include limited supplies, expertise, time, location, or climate extremes.

Textbooks and Manuals: Classic textbooks of operational medicine and manuals produced by the U.S. military and other authoritative sources.
Videos: Training for hands-on providers of care in isolated settings.
Lectures: PowerPoint®, illustrating important OPMED issues.
Distance Learning: Web training in operational medical and nursing subjects.
Training: Get the training you need.
Operational Safety: Protect yourself and your patients in operational settings.
PDF Reader: Free download of the software from Adobe®
PowerPoint® Viewer: Free Download of the software from Microsoft®
Search: Use keywords to quickly find the information you need.

Brookside Associates: Medical Education Division develops, produces and distributes medical education materials for use by physicians, nurses, other medical personnel and students preparing for these professions.

Medicine (Medical Self Care)

Where There Is No Doctor: Electronic Version. David Werner.
Where There Is No Dentist : Electronic Version. Murray Dickson

Perhaps the most widely used health care manual in developing countries today, provides vital, easily understood information on how to diagnose, treat, and prevent common diseases. Considered useful both as a text book for village health care and as a travel medicine guide.

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The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Family Practice Notebook: An ongoing compendium of the diagnosis and management of common medical problems seen in Family Practice.
Medscape: Resource Center.
Martindale's: The Virtual Medical Center:

Combat/Field Medicine: From the field

Virtual Naval Hospital: A digital library of naval medicine and military medicine and humanitarian medicine.
First Aid for Soldiers: Department of the Army.
Emergency War Surgery: 3rd U.S. Revision, 2004.

Veterinary Medicine (Veterinary Self Care)

A Manual for the Primary Animal Health Care Worker: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. More Comprehensive then "When there is no Vet" textbook.
The Merck Veterinary Manual

Avian:

Bird Safety - Avian Emergency Care: AvianWeb

Reference:

Medical Library & Information Network: U.S. Army Medical Command's Army Medical Department (AMEDD MEDLI-NET).
PubMed: A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
Online Medical Dictionary

Education

Medical Corps: U.S./International Combat/Field Medicine Training programs, Ohio State University Extension Campus.

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