PREHOSPITAL and DISASTER MEDICINE MedecinePre-Hospitaliere et Medecine de Catastrophe Medicina Prehospitalaria y de Catastrof.es Volume 24, Supplement 1 March-April 2009 Abstracts of Scientific and Invited Papers 16th World Congress for Disaster and Emergency Medicine Victoria, British Columbia Canada 12-15 May 2009 The Official Journal of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.35.234, on 25 Sep 2021 at 01:31:02, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X00052547 VOLUME 24, SUPPLEMENT 1 Abstracts of Scientific and Invited Papers 16th World Congress for Disaster and Emergency Medicine Victoria, British Columbia Canada 12-15 May 2009 Table of Contents Opening Keynotes Keynote 1—Something's Gonna Getcha? Or Maybe Not: Preparing for Public Health Challenges and Emergencies in the 21st Century si Dr. David Butler Jones Keynote 2—Global Climate Change: A Public Health Disaster in Slow Motion? si Johnathan Patz, MD, MPH Poster Presentations—Case Reports and Medical Issues (Al) Acute Adrenal Insufficiency after Single Dose Etomidate si Lisgelia Santana (A2) Use of Glyceryl Trinitrate Patches in the Treatment of Accidental Digital Injection of Epinephrine from Autoinjector si Omar Nafousi; Sreenath Reddy; Jangam Nagaraj (A3) Locally Brewed Alcohol—A Recipe for Disaster! An Alcohol Explosion in Benin City, Nigeria s2 Edeaghe Ehikhamenor; David Oseyemwen (A4) Case Study: Fiberoptic Bronchoscopic Sealing of a Bronchopleural Fistula s2 Ashwin N. Udupa; Chhavi Papneja (AS) Unilateral Pulmonary Edema in a 55-Year-Old Man s2 Eleni Palli; Eftyhia Tamviskou; Grigorios Garoufalis; Viktoria Karypidou; Eleftherios Kostopoulos; Demetrios Pyrros (A6) Accident and Emergency Rescue Diary of a Save Accident Victims of Nigeria Student Chapter s3 Anthony 0. Osaguona; Momodu Kassim; Edeaghe Ehikamenor (A7) Assessment of Duration of Emergency Department Stay, Admission, and Transfer-Out Rates in Patients Presenting with Orthopedic Injuries in a Level-One Trauma Center s3 John Bera; Sanjeev Bhoi (A8) Case Report: Traumatic Extensive Degloving Avulsion Injury of Total Scalp Soft Tissue Loss s3 Chou-Chen Chen (A9) Case Report: Pneumomediastinum Due to Sympathomimetric Substace Abuse s4 Nader Tavakoli; Maryam Mehrazi; AH Shahrami Prehospital and Disaster Medicine http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu Vol 24, Supplement 1 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.35.234, on 25 Sep 2021 at 01:31:02, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X00052547 Abstracts - 16th World Congress for Disaster and Emergency Medicine Keynotes Keynote 3—Consequences of Economic Crises s4 Dr. Andy Robertson Keynote 4—Myths and Realities of Disaster Epidemiology s5 Dr. Debarati Guha-Sapir Oral Presentations—Public Health Socioeconomic Disaster Risk in Affluent Society s5 Richard M. Zoraster An Outbreak of Equine Influenza in Eastern Australia: Lessons for Pandemic Planners s5 Trevor Barnes Health Threats and the European Commission sS Per E. Kulling; Frank Van Loock Preparing Prisons for Health Emergencies s6 Kristine M. Gebbie; Lester N. Wright Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Disaster Relief s6 David Bradt Public Health Services—Coping with the Challenges of Epidemics in the 21st Century s6 Itamar Grotto; Avishay Goldberg Assessing Shelter Operations Using a Standard Form: Results of theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Environmental Health Shelter Assessment Workgroup s7 Miguel Cruz; Mark Miller; Nisha Kapil; Martin Kalis Medication Preparedness and Awareness for Chronic Disease Sufferers during Disasters s7 Lidia Mayner; PaulArbon Preparing Personnel for Deployment s7 Caroline Whittaker Paramedics and Public Health Emergencies: Is There a "Duty to Respond:? s8 Erin C. Smith; Frederick M. Burkle,Jr., Peter Jurkovsky; Carly Woodd; Simon Jensen Disaster Plans for Hospitals: A Public Health Approach to Help Implementation s8 Mathieu Potin; Anthony Staines; Georges Vittoz; Bertrand Yersin Poster Presentations—Public Health (Q85) Comparison of the Effects of a Nutritional Program on Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients s8 Nader Aghakhani; Narges Rahbar; Mohammad Alizadeh; Aram Feizi; Bahman AH Nezad (Q86) Vulnerable Populations: A Social Ecological Approach to Nursing Research of Chronic Illness in Disaster Mangement s9 Joan Valas (Q87) Investigation of the Frequency of Different Emergency Calls in Northern and Southern Geographical Areas of Tehran s9 Mohamad Kalantari Meibodi; Afshin Amini March - April 2009 http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.35.234, on 25 Sep 2021 at 01:31:02, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X00052547 siv Abstracts - 16th World Congress for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (Q88) Mortality Rates for Pedestrian-Motor Vehicle Collisions in Mexico City, 2004-2006 s9 Oscar Santiago-Espinosa; Martha Hijar-Medina (Q89) Missed Opportunities: HIV Testing in a Bronx, New York Emergency Department s9 Andrew Park (Q90) Using Routine Emergency Care Data for Public Health Surveillance and Health Threat Preparedness—The European Project SIDARTHA slO Thomas Krajft; Luis Garcia-Castrillo Riesgo; Matthias Fischer; Alexander Kraemer; Freddy Lippert; Gernot Vergeiner; Alexandra Ziemann; Helmut Brand; Jerry Overton (Q?l) Comparative Evaluation of Road Traffic Crashes in Ghana and Nigeria (1994-1998) slO Eseoghene A. Okparavero; Aghogho Okparavero; Ernest Ekong (Q92) Gender Issues, Socio-Cultural, and Institutional Factors that Influence Access and Utilization of Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Services sll S.M. Mbidde; NakayingA. Semakula; Ssenkungu T. Ssenkungu; Lwasa E. Lwasa; Luzinda R. Luzinda; Nankinga M. Masembe (Q93) Socio-Economic/Political Instability and Access to Basic Healthcare Services for Women and Children in Ikirun, Osun State sll Ohien D. Wariosa Oral Presentations—Safe Medical Facilities Report on "Good Practices" for Hospital Disaster Safety and Resilience in Japan sll Junko Ikeuchi; Eriko Takei; Takashi Ukai Safe Hospital Program in Sweden sl2 Jonas Hoist; Uno Dellgar The Robust Hospital sl2 Uno Dellgar; Jonas Hoist Best Practices of Hospital Security Planning for Emergency Preparedness sl2 Erin Downey Risk Assessment for Healthcare Facilities: A Practical Tool sl3 Bonnie Henry; Brian Schwartz Earthquake Preparedness in Tehran sl3 Fatemeh Noughani Poster Presentations—Safe Medical Facilities (5104) Longitudional Expandable Shelter for Health Emergency Response during Disasters .sl3 Roberto Miniati; Fabrizio Dori; Ernesto Iadanza; Marco Lo Sardo; Sergio Boncinelli (5105) Water Supply Damage to Hospitals during Two Earthquakes in Japan, 2007 sl4 Ericko Takei; Junko Ikeuchi; Norihiko Yamada; Takashi Ukai (5106) Evacuation Exercise of an Intensive Care Unit sl4 Jan Grundgeiger; Matthias Hansen; Thomas Thiele; Michael Forray; Tobias Kees; Matthias Offterdinger; Klein Gerhardt; Stefan Gromer Prehospital and Disaster Medicine http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu Vol 24, Supplement 1 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.35.234, on 25 Sep 2021 at 01:31:02, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X00052547 Abstracts - 16th World Congress for Disaster and Emergency Medicine sv Oral Presentations—Civil-Military Collaboration Potential Roles of Military-Specific Response to Natural Disasters—Analysis of the Rapid Deployment of a Mobile Surgical Team to the 2007 Peruvian Earthquake sl4 Richard G. Mulish; David E. Oliver; Robert M. Rush; Esmeraldo Zarzabal; Michael J. Sigmon; Frederick M. Burkle First Use of the Canada-US Civil Assistance Plan—Hurricane Gustav, August 2008: A Bi-National Success Story slS James Terbush The Army Health System: One Face of the Same Coin sl5 Karina Ugo; Francisco J. Gambino How to Build a Mobile Field Hospital in Disasters: An Italian Model slS Alessandra Rossodivita; Pantaleo L. Losapio Using Military Resources to Sustain Government Hospitals during Labor Unrest: The South African Experience sl6 Theo Ligthelm Frozen -80° Red Cells, Plasma, and Platelets in Combat Casualty Care sl6 Femke Noorman; Charles C. Lelkens Poster Presentations—Civil-Military Collaboration (LI) Developing an Integrated Civilian-Military Model for Healthcare Emergency Response Planning sl6 James L. Paturas; Stewart Smith; Elaine Forte; Christopher Cannon (L2) Response and Assistance of the Greek Health Sector to a Mass-Casualty Incidentin Albania sl7 Maria Tseroni; Kaliopi Salteri; Stamatis Papadakis; Paraskevi Xekouki; Nikolaos Papageorgiou; Georgios Karamboutakis; Panagiotis Efstathiou (L3) Emergency Medicine in a Teritary Care Medical Center Under Missile Attack sl7 Dagan Schwartz; Moshe Michelson; Gila Hyams; Limor Aharonson-Daniel Oral Presentations—Disaster Health Management Computerized Patient Information sl7 Odeda Benin-Goren; Ayala Gonen; Ayala Lior; Pinchas Halpern; Ran Tzafrir; Ronen Libster Characteristics of Disaster Management in China—A Preliminary Evaluation of Flood Management in Jinan, 2007 sl8 Weiwei Du; Xiang-Yu Hou; Aiqiang Xu; Jie Lei; Michele Clark; Gerard Fitz Gerald Development of Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Nepal sl8 Ramesh K. Maharjan Disaster Medicine