The first 72 hours : a community approach to disaster preparedness / edited by Margaret O'Leary.

Includes index.

Suburban focus on emergency planning.

Part 1 -- The Role of Hospitals in Disasters -- Chapters 2 to12 -- The Joint Commission: bully pulpit for action -- The evolution of hospital emergency management standards -- Disaster-preparedness from the perspective of a hospital CEO -- The role of a hospital Chief Medical Officer in disasters -- Should a specialty hospital prepare for community disaster? -- Is emergency department overcrowding a disaster? -- Hospital Access and smallpox vaccination: terrorism's influence on emergency department operations -- Bioterrorism from the hospital infection control perspective -- The role of the infectious diseases specialist -- Laboratory at the ready -- Implementing HEICS: the role of hospital disaster coordinator.

Part 11 -- The Role of Municipal Government in Disasters -- Chapters 13 to 22 -- The role of the City Manager in disaster preparedness -- The police chief's role and the Intelligence function -- The role of law enforcement -- Fire Service Response to the threat of terrorism -- The role of EMS in municipal emergency preparedness -- Municipal emergency management -- The role of public health in municipal emergency response -- School security and strategic national stockpile distribution site opertions -- Orchestrating a city-wide full-scale disaster rehearsal.

Part 111 -- The Role of County Government in Disasters -- Chapters 23 to 25 -- The Role of a County Board Chairman -- Local Puplic Health Department as surveillance gatekeeper -- The role of county emergency management.

Part 1V -- The Role of Academia in Disasters -- Chapters 26 to 28 -- The origins and impact of disaster research -- Common misconceptions about disasters: panic, the 'Disaster Syndrome', and looting -- An economic rationale for the public funding of emergency preparedess.

Part 1X -- The Role of Utilities in Disasters -- Chapters 37 to 38 -- Nuclear power plant and hospital preparedess: a successful integration -- 'Wheeling' and the role of utilities in disasters.

Part V -- The Role of the American Red Cross in Disasters -- Chapters 29 to 30 -- Disasters, preparedess, and the American Red Cross -- How the American Red Cross provides local disaster services.

Part V1 -- The Role of the Media in Disasters -- Chapters 31 to 33 -- The role of television broadcasting in disasters -- Coaching the public through a disaster -- The role of the radio newsperson.

Part V11 -- The Role of Information Techology in Disasters -- Chapter 34 -- The role of IT in corporate disaster recovery strategies.

Part V111 -- The Role of Business in Disasters -- Chapters 35 to 36 -- Safety and security at a price -- The history of the EWCCA and the Integrated Crisis Manual.