The physician and mass medical event response: emergency preparedness implications
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William J. Brady, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Fig. 1
Characteristics of physician responders.
Fig. 2
Predicted status of independent clinical practices in a large-scale pandemic.
Fig. 3
Physicians' predicted requirements for maintaining clinic in an open status during a pandemic.
Disaster planning has become a popular media topic in light of some of the national and world events of late including the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic, the events of September 11, Hurricane Katrina, and the threat of the H5N1 avian flu. Although much of the literature has focused on strategies for governmental and regional preparedness, very little information is available regarding the local preparedness of the primary care physician and his or her role in the medical management of such a disaster.
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