Disaster Medicine - Areas of Competency

Areas of Competency

Internationally, disaster medicine specialists must demonstrate competency in areas of disaster healthcare and emergency management including but not limited to:

  • Disaster behavioral health
  • Disaster law
  • Disaster planning
  • Disaster preparation
  • Disaster recovery
  • Disaster response
  • Disaster safety
  • Medical consequences of disaster
  • Medical consequences of terrorism
  • Medical contingency planning
  • Medical decontamination
  • Medical implications of disaster
  • Medical implications of terrorism
  • Medical planning and preparation for disaster
  • Medical planning and preparation for terrorism
  • Medical recovery from disaster
  • Medical recovery from terrorism
  • Medical response to disaster
  • Medical response to terrorism
  • Medical response to weapons of mass destruction
  • Medical surge, surge capacity and triage
  • Psychosocial implications of disaster
  • Psychosocial implications of terrorism
  • Psychosocial triage

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