PROGRAM INFO
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Disaster MedicineDrawing on extensive experience in disaster medicine, from involvement in Hurricane Katrina to coordinating all medical and disaster planning for the recent Democratic National Convention 2008 in Denver, DHREM faculty are advancing the way medical care is provided to disaster victims and improving methods for disaster preparation, planning, response, and recovery. The Colorado BNICE Training Center and the upcoming CDIMS project are just two examples of how DHREM faculty are leaders in the evolving field of disaster medicine.
Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical and Explosive IncidentsThe Colorado BNICE (Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, and Explosives) Training Center, located within the Rocky Mountain Center for Medical Response to Terrorism, Mass Casualties and Epidemics at Denver Health, has initiated a statewide training program to educate Colorado's health care and public safety workforce in the fundamental principles of preparing for, and responding to, a Weapons of Mass Destruction event. The center is staffed by several Denver Health and University of Colorado Emergency Medicine Attendings including Stephen Cantrill, MD, FACEP, Program Director, Peter Pons, MD, FACEP (retired), and Lynne Yancey, MD, FACEP. The Colorado BNICE Training Center is working to develop and implement training curricula and continuing education for health care and public safety professionals that broadens existing knowledge and ensures essential multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary responses.
Computerized Disaster Information Management System (CDIMS)Dr. Charles Little, DO FACEP is the Program Director of the Computerized Disaster Information Management System (CDIMS) project. This NIH funded investigation is developing web based decision aids to help manage disasters. The initial project focuses on hospital response. Extended projects include response training ("serious gaming"), data collection in disasters and the ability to replay the actual events of disaster management with the system. Other projects in the Department of Emergency Medicine include:
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