Veterinary Disaster Response

1. Training

1.1. An Introduction to the Incident Command System - Swenson

1.2. Leadership during a disaster - Adkins

1.3. Communications -- Swenson

1.4. Basic map, compass, and gps skills -- Palmer

1.5. Records and animal identification -- Swenson

1.6. Veterinary risk assessment of the disaster site - - Wingfield

1.7. Risk communication and dealing with the media - Wingfield

1.8. Biosecurity Fundamentals for Animal Response

Personnel in a Farm/Livestock Disaster - Wingfield and Knight

1.9. Veterinary Triage -- Wingfield

1.10. Introduction to weapons of mass destruction - Upp

1.11. Zoonosis and zoonotic diseases - Palmer and Nash

1.12. Public health -- Ray

1.13. Hazardous materials - Swenson

1.14. Personal protection equipment - Pedigo

1.15. Basic Veterinary Decontamination: Who, What, Why?

- Murphy

1.16. Wildlife handling - Palmer

1.17. Domestic animal handling - Palmer

1.18. Small animal first aid -- Wingfield

1.19. Large animal first aid -- Palmer

1.20. Equine emergency sheltering - McConnico

1.21. Companion animal sheltering: - Poirrer

1.22. Disinfection for avian, large, and small animal facilities - Van Metre and Morley

1.23. Pain management in veterinary disaster medicine - Raffe

1.24. Humane euthanasia of animals - Wingfield

1.25. Carcass disposal following a veterinary disaster - Knight and Murphy

2. Planning

2.1. Elements of a disaster plan for animals - Knight

2.2. Disaster planning for private practice --Yelinek

2.3. Community animal emergency planning - Dennison

2.4. State response to disasters - Paik

2.5. State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs

(Including State Animal Response Team (SART) programs and State Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (VMRC)) - Dennison

2.6. Federal response to veterinary disasters - Lanman

2.7. Military role in veterinary disaster response - Stamp

3. Preparation

3.1. Family versus business during a disaster -

Wayne E. Wingfield, MS, DVM, DACVS, DACVECC, is a Veterinary Medical Officer and Squad Leader of NMRT-Central USA and Emeritus Professor of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at Colorado State University.

Sally B. Palmer, DVM, is a practicing veterinarian and a Veterinary Medical Officer of NMRT - Central USA.

A"Any practicing vet needs this, which comes packed with color photos, charts, and sidebars of at-a-glance information.A" (<i/)Midwest Book Review, July 2009)

"A pick for any practicing ER vet or veterinary library. It uses a question-and-answer format to outline steps for veterinary response to either natural or man-made disasters, covering training, procedures, and applied science in the field. Any practicing vet needs this, which comes packed with color photos, charts, and sidebars of at-a-glance information." - Midwest Book Review , July 2009