Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 164-172 , September 2009

Protecting Children During Disasters: The Federal View

  • Terry Adirim, MD, MPH

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Terry Adirim, MD, MPH, 212 Deep Trail Ln, Rockville, MD 20850.

References 

  1. Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Response Framework, 2008 . Available at http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrfAccessed February 28, 2009
  2. Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended and Related Authorities, FEMA, June 2007. Available at http://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/stafford_act.pdfAccessed February 28, 2009
  3. Office of the Surgeon General . HHS/Office of the Civilian Volunteer-Medical Reserve Corps. MRC/ESAR-VHP Integration. Available at http://www.medicalreservecorps.govAccessed February 28, 2009
  4. Department of Health and Human Services . Implementation Plan for National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza. Available at http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/federal/Accessed May 26, 2009
  5. Department of Health and Human Services . Determination that a public health emergency exists. Available at http://www.hhs.gov/secretary/phe_swh1n1.htmlAccessed May 26, 2009
  6. Centers for Disease Control . Hospitalized Patients with Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection—California, April-May, 2009. MMWR. 2009;58(19):536–541Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5819a6.htmAccessed May 26, 2009
  7. Institute of Medicine . Emergency care for children: growing pains. Available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11655Accessed March 10, 2009

PII: S1522-8401(09)00053-6

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.06.005

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 164-172 , September 2009