Abstract
This Journal conference was the first to be held with a live audience. After the final faculty presentation, and in lieu of a conference summary from the guest editors, the conference faculty had a discussion session that addressed written questions from the audience. The moderators, Lewis Rubinson and Rich Branson, reviewed the questions and addressed them either to specific conference faculty or to the entire conference faculty group. There were too many questions to address in the allotted time, so the moderators selected the questions they thought either most pertinent or most likely to be answerable.
- disaster
- mass casualty
- mechanical ventilation
- ventilator
- oxygen
- emergency preparedness
- resource management
- disaster medicine
- personal protective equipment
- information technology
Footnotes
Richard D Branson MSc RRT FAARC has received honoraria and research support from Cardinal Health and Coviden; he has received honoraria and has consulted for INO Therapeutics; and he has received research support from Respironics. Steven B Nelson MSc RRT FAARC is an employee of Sun Microsystems, a company that provides goods and services that could be used in a mass casualty situation. The faculty report no other conflicts of interest.
Regarding the responses of faculty who are fully (Ms Malatino) or partially (Dr Rubinson) employed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, their statements are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
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