Yale New Haven International Congress on Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management

Omni New Haven Hotel
New Haven, Connecticut
September 12-13, 2005

This two-day international congress on disaster medicine and emergency management was hosted by the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response .

Congress co-sponsors included:

• Yale New Haven Health System
• Yale University School of Medicine
• Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
• World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

Congress attendees learned current concepts, best practices and latest advances in disaster medicine and emergency management from 45 distinguished international, national and regional speakers in parallel tracks over two days.

Within these tracks, Congress sessions focused on international, national, regional and hospital emergency management; lessons learned from recent disasters; clinical disaster medicine; the role of public health in disasters; and hot topics in emergency management. This is a unique opportunity to obtain new information and network with world experts in disaster medicine and emergency management.

Congress materials

List of invited speakers

• Congress program
• Additional congress abstracts
• Improving Homeland Security
• Part I
• Part II
• Part III
• Part IV
• Part V
• Part VI
• Part VII
• Part VIII

Pre congress WADEM workshop

Congress participants attended a special pre-congress workshop on Health Disaster Management Guidelines for Evaluation and Research, held on Sep. 10 and 11 in New Haven.

Sponsored by the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine and the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response, this workshop prepared attendees to conduct disaster evaluation and research using standardized terms and principles.

Post congress NDLS program

• Course schedule

Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
1 Church Street, 5th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
Telephone: (203) 688-3224
Fax: (203) 688-4618
E-mail: center@ynhh.org