1.  Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water)    Also available 
in Spanish  http://www.epa.gov/safewater/faq/emerg.html

Clean Hands Save Lives: Emergency Situations(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)   Also available
in Spanish

 

2.   Disaster Information Management Research Center:  http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/subjectguides.html

 

3.  WISER® - Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders.  WISER is a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice.  http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov/index.html

 

4.  Regional Disaster Information Center for Latin America and the Caribbean:  http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/candhicridparticipants.html

 

5. Planning and Practicing for a Disaster: Learn how to use a selection of AHRQ's online models and planning tools from the experts who developed them.

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/planningprep/.

 

6.  New! Disaster Alternate Care Facilities: Report and Interactive Tools: Use this report and two interactive tools to select alternate care facilities and decide which patients to send to them.

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/acfselection/dacfrep.htm.

 

7.  School Based Emergency Preparedness: A National Analysis and Recommended Protocol: Develop a school-based all-hazards emergency response plan to meet the unique needs of children; includes "lessons learned" from the field.

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/schoolprep/.

 

8.  Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies: Convert a pediatric hospital from standard operating capacity to surge capacity or develop plans for a general emergency department to care for a surge in ill children.

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/pedhospital/.

 

9.  Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide: Know the ethical and legal considerations and issues related to pre-hospital, hospital, alternative, and palliative care when allocating scarce resources during a hurricane.

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/research/mce/.

 

10.  Tox Town  -- Environmental Health Concerns: Where you Live, Work and Play ,  toxtown.nlm.nih.gov   Also available in Spanish    

 

 11.   An abbreviated version, The Essentials highlights just the key elements that need to be considered during a mass casualty event. Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/mmcessentials/.

 

12.  Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events: Develop and plan to use altered standards of care during a hurricane to save as many lives as possible. 
 Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/research/altstand/.

 

13.  HazLit - Library catalog of the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder. http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/library/

            From the HazLit site, to locate spanish language materials, search under the term ---- Spansih.

 

14.  Virtual Naval Hospital - A vast digital library with a section dedicated to preparedness.   http://www.vnh.org/   Scroll down to the heading:  First Aid 

 

For Further Information on Gemini:

Paul H. Gallagher, International Service Director, Westboro Rotary Club, District 7910, 386 West Main Street, Northborough, MA 01532, U.S.A., Phone: 508 393 7900, Fax: 508 393 9622 Email: paulgallagherg@gmail.com

Jorge L.Yarzebski, M.D., M.P.H., International Service Co-Director, Westborough Rotary Club, District 7910, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, 55 North Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655, U.S.A., Phone: 508 856 5176, Fax: 508 856 0058, E-mail: Jorge.Yarzebski@umassmed.edu 

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