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Disaster Preparedness for Health Care Facilities
Daniel Kollek, CCFP (EM), editor

In response to the COVID-19 emergency, the Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness (CEEP), Dr. Daniel Kollek, and PMPH USA are providing PDF files of selected chapters of this book. (You may buy the complete print or digital book here.)

Dr. Kollek is a professor at McMaster University and a past executive director of the Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness (CEEP) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

CEEP has posted links to resources applicable to COVID-19 at ceep.ca.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Disasters and Disaster Planning

Chapter 4. IMS and Communications

Chapter 4, Appendix A. Sample IAP Forms

Chapter 4, Appendix B. Command Contact List

Chapter 4, Appendix C. Sample Job Action Sheets

Chapter 6. Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity

Chapter 7. Volunteers

Chapter 7. Volunteers, Appendices A–N

Chapter 12. Managing Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Disaster in a Health Care Facility

Chapter 12. Managing Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Disaster in a Health Care Facility, Appendices A–D

Chapter 14. Family Reunification in Mass Casualty Incidents

Chapter 15. Disaster Psychiatry

Chapter 16. Psychosocial Issues in Disasters

Chapter 17. Ethics