"Disaster Medicine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Branch of medicine involved with management and organization of public health response to disasters and major events including the special health and medical needs of a community in a disaster.
| Descriptor ID |
D054597
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.230
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Disaster Medicine".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Disaster Medicine".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disaster Medicine" by people in Profiles.
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Preparing for the Surge: A Half-Day Emergency Preparedness Training Course for the "Second Front". Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2018 02; 12(1):121-126.
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Disaster Medicine in the Post-9/11 Era. South Med J. 2017 08; 110(8):492-493.
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Checklist use in evaluating pediatric disaster training. Am J Disaster Med. 2015; 10(4):285-94.
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Secondary surge capacity: a framework for understanding long-term access to primary care for medically vulnerable populations in disaster recovery. Am J Public Health. 2012 Dec; 102(12):e24-32.
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Disaster 101: a novel approach to disaster medicine training for health professionals. J Emerg Med. 2010 Aug; 39(2):220-6.
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Disaster 101: a novel approach to health care students' disaster medicine and emergency preparedness training. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 Oct; 3(3):139-40.