Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 226-232.e2, February 2009

Electronic Mass Casualty Assessment and Planning Scenarios (EMCAPS): Development and Application of Computer Modeling to Selected National Planning Scenarios for High-Consequence Events

  • James J. Scheulen, PA-C, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • National Center for the Study of Catastrophic Preparedness and Response, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Meridith H. Thanner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • National Center for the Study of Catastrophic Preparedness and Response, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Meridith H. Thanner, PhD, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, 5801 Smith Avenue, Davis Bldg 3220, Baltimore, MD 21209; 410-735-6442, fax 410-735-6440
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  • Edbert B. Hsu, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • National Center for the Study of Catastrophic Preparedness and Response, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Christian K. Latimer, BA

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • National Center for the Study of Catastrophic Preparedness and Response, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Jeffrey Brown, BSME, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Gabor D. Kelen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • National Center for the Study of Catastrophic Preparedness and Response, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Received 15 May 2008; received in revised form 19 August 2008; accepted 16 September 2008. published online 05 November 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Jonathan L. Burstein, MD

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Supported in part by a Maryland Special Projects Grant through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) FY 2005 Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program and by the US Department of Homeland Security through a grant (N00014-06-1-0991, awarded to the National Center for the Study of Catastrophic Preparedness and Response). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not represent the policy or position of the Department of Homeland Security.

 Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not represent the policy or position of the Department of Homeland Security.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Publication date: Available online November 4, 2008.

PII: S0196-0644(08)01778-2

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.09.014

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 226-232.e2, February 2009

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