Summer semster -Dr. Tim Davies - Corse in Public Health Consequences to Disasters, Complex Emergencies, and Asymmetric Conflicts

EMPH summer semester has open last week with a special course: Public Health Consequences to Disasters, Complex Emergencies, and Asymmetric Conflicts - lecture - Dr. Tim Davis

We had a great opportunity to introduce to the students CAPT Timothy E.  Davis, MD, MPH (EIS’97) is the Chief Medical Officer of the National Disaster Medical System (HHS/ASPR/OEM/NDMS), Asst. Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University, and Adjunct Asst Professor of Surgery (Primary), Military and Emergency Medicine (Secondary) at Uniformed Services University

His current areas of study include disaster responder safety, collaborations with DoD, the patterns of injury, surge capacity, information and management gaps related to large explosions, make-shift bombs, asymmetric war, terrorist tactics as they affect civilian non-combatants, and the impact of disasters on diverse communities

The course represented the US approach to Disaster Management emphasizes all-hazards, demonstrating that many principles apply to disasters of all kinds, regardless of specific mechanism. Others emphasize a dichotomous approach: events that are sudden onset, known release sight, detected by sight, sound, or smell, versus events that are gradual onset or detected only through specialty training, sophisticated instruments, or surveillance.

During the course many major topics addressed include planning, triage, incident command, injury patterns and pathophysiology, and consideration for special populations. Small group discussions are based on illustrative scenarios.