Health Disaster Management:
Guidelines for Evaluation and Research
in the Utstein Style
Task Force
on Quality Control of Disaster Management
and
The World Association for Disaster and Emergency
Medicine
and
Nordic Society for Disaster Medicine
Collaborating Organizations
Mediterranean Club
for Burns and Fire Disasters
Nordic International Rescue Foundation
Organization of African Unity
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Swedish National Board on Health and Welfare
United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
This work was supported in part by grants from the Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine, the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish National Board on Health and Welfare; the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA); Joint Medical Command Norwegian Defence Forces and the Nordic Council.
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Steering Committee
Knut Ole Sundnes, MD, Norway, Chairman
Jacov Adler, MD, Israel
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD, USA
Professor Johan Calltorp, PhD, Sweden
Professor S. William A. Gunn, MD, Switzerland
Dr. Omar J. Khatib, MD, Organization of African Unity
Professor Michele Massellis, MD, Italy
Ernesto A. Pretto, MD, MPH, USA
Robert Souria, United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs, Switzerland
Takashi Ukai, Japan
Gothenburg Congress Delegates
Richard Alderslade, Wahid Al Kharusi,
Bishara Atiyeh, John Barrett, Richard Bissell, Fredrick M. Burkle Jr., José
da Cruz, , Albert K. Ekue, John Marie Fonrouge, Brian Gushalak, Jennifer Jaumotte,
Leo Klein, Mark A. Klyachko, Joachim Kreysler, Jeffrey Levitt, Kristian Lexow,
Alessandro Loretti, Gudjón Magnússon, Matti Matilla, Eric Noji,
Karl-Axel Norberg, Idris Nur, Chief Segun Olusola, Pierre Perin, Jean Luc Poncelet,
Kalwole Raheem, Abdul Radjak, Edmund Ricci, Leonid Roshal, Margareta Rubin,
Debarati Guha Sapir, Elena Tivadze, Naruo Uehara, Karl Axel Wallman, Harsh Wardhan,
Yukihiro Wato, Jürgen Wehland, Klaus Wiersing, Dawit Zawde
Correspondence
K.O. Sundnes, MD, Department of Anaesthesia, 1355 Baerum P.T., Norway; Telephone:
+int-47-57809400; FAX: +int-47-67-809976; e-mail: knut.sundnes@sanr.mil.no
Key Words: analysis; catastrophe; data collection; definitions; description of disaster; disaster; disaster management; disaster medicine; disaster phases; disaster research; disaster responses; extrication; health consequences; health status; injuries; interventions; measures of effectiveness; medical responses; morbidity; mortality; preparedness; needs assessment; public health; research; research design; research methods; risk evaluation; scope; template; type; Utstein style; warning