AJCM Fall 2011

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American Journal of Clinical Medicine® Owned and Published by the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. Peer Reviewed. Listed in Google Scholar and BioMedLib

Fall 2011 • Volume Eight, Number Three

Featured in this issue 24 Why Train Physicians in Disaster Medicine? 1 Management of 1,000 Injuries Following an F5 Tornado in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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Disaster Preparedness for the Medical Professional at Home and in the Workplace

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Damage Control Resuscitation: The Case For Early Use of Blood Products and Hypertonic Saline in Exsanguinating Trauma Victims

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Bombings and Blast Injuries: A Primer for Physicians

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Disaster Medicine: Every Physician’s Second Specialty Twenty-First Century Fears

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Epidemics After Natural Disasters

United States Air Force Aeromedical Evacuation – A Critical Disaster Response Resource


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