Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Disasters and catastrophes defined
  • Organizing for disasters
  • Preparedness planning for catastrophe (pre-incident)
  • Responding : you're in this alone
  • Leadership in action
  • Recovery : the good, the bad and the ugly
  • Financial planning for catastrophic events
  • Financial actions during and after the catastrophe
  • What's in our future?
  • Devastation on Galveston Island : the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Hurricane Ike / an interview with David L. Callender and Michael J. Megna
  • A new era of terrorism : JFK Medical Center and the first anthrax exposure / an interview with Phillip D. Robinson
  • Flooding in the lone star state : Texas Children's Hospital and Tropical Storm Allison / an interview with Randall Wright
  • Disasters in Arkansas / an interview with Angela l. Richmond, Kirk Reamey, and Beth Ingram
  • An early careerist's perspective of disaster preparedness / an interview with Windsor Westbrook Sherrill.