tailieunhanh - Preparing for Terrorism Tools for Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program

Having a vision, a mission, and a passion are invariably seen as conditions for success. The 1995 . Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) concept of a Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) demonstrated that the leaders of DHHS had a vision for an effective response to a mass-casualty terrorism incident with a weapon of mass destruction. The mission was to expand the experimental model of the Metropolitan Medical Strike Team (MMST) established in Washington, ., and neighboring counties into a national program. The problem that the Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP) of DHHS faced was the dilemma of knowing what preparedness is and determining whether preparedness could be recognized if. | Tools for Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Preparing for Terrorism Tools for Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Frederick J. Manning and Lewis Goldfrank Editors Committee on Evaluation of the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Board on Health Sciences Policy INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington . NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 2101 Constitution Avenue NW Washington DC 20418 NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for this report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. Support for this project was provided by the Office of Emergency Preparedness . Department of Health and Human Services Contract No. 282-99-0045 TO 5 . This support does not constitute endorsement of the views expressed in the report. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Institute of Medicine . . Committee on Evaluation of the Metropolitan Medical Response Program. Preparing for terrorism tools for evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System program Frederick J. Manning and Lewis Goldfrank editors Committee on Evaluation of the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Board on Health Sciences Policy Institute of Medicine. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-309-08428-8 pbk. 1. Disaster medicine. 2. Emergency medical services. 3. Terrorism Health aspects. 4. Weapons of mass destruction Health aspects. 5. Emergency management. 6. Health planning. DNLM 1. Disaster Planning organization administration. 2. Emergency Medical Services organization administration. 3. Health Planning. 4. Program Evaluation methods. 5. Terrorism. WX 185 I59p 2002 I. Manning Frederick J. II. Goldfrank