4th WADEM Pan-American regional conference: Measuring progress and improving preparedness in disaster management

Organizer(s) World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

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Format

In person

Venue

National Conference Center

Date

15 October 2012 - 17 October 2012

The 4th WADEM Pan American conference will bring together individuals interested in disaster and emergency medicine/management to discuss developments and to build consensus on important related issues in the field.

The conference will be comprised of consensus-building workshops, debates, keynote addresses, as well as invited and free papers. There will be a focus on risk reduction, improving preparedness, and assessing responses worldwide from prehospital care systems through post-event evaluations.

Topics at the 4th Pan American regional conference will include:

Uses of Social Media
New Technology
Safe Medical Facilities
Forensics
Psychosocial issues
Roles of emergency, military, nursing, and medicine in disaster health
Research Priorities
Competencies of Workers and Accountability
Standards of Care
Disaster Terminology
Foreign Medical Teams
Accountability
Assessments and Measurements

Source

http://www.wadem.org/4thpan_american.html

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Last checked: 18 December 2019

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