HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE LINKS

International Red Cross

http://www.coe-dmha.org/website/index.htm Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii)

www.fema.gov Information about recent, current, and anticipated disasters, preparedness, and response coordination

http://206.189.190.101/sci-pubs/journals/archive/jama/vol_282/no_5/jmn90101.htm
Information and point of contacts for non-governmental organizations that physicians can or may work with in humanitarian assistance organizations. At end of article, click on "Physician Service Opportunities Abroad" for extensive listing (in pdf format) http://206.189.190.101/sci-pubs/journals/archive/jama/vol_282/no_5/jmn90104.pdf

MILITARY INFORMATION

Internet Bioterrorism Resources:
www.collphyphil.org/bioterror.htm  College of Physicians of Philadelphia (extensive list of links to sites, mostly .gov or .mil)

www.airforce.com/careers/db/subcat_job.htm?jobCode=110&subcatId=12  US Air Force Internal Medicine Career: Internal Medicine

www.bethesda.med.navy.mil/patient%5Chealth_care%5Cmedical_services%5Cinternal _medicine%5Cindex.aspx  National Naval Medical Center: Internal Medicine

www.walterreedmedicine.com/main.htm  WRAMC Internal Medicine (Residents and Students)

www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cps-pubs.htm  US Air Force Counter Proliferation Center: publications, research, education, etc.

www.acponline.org/chapters/army/surglect.htm   (LTC(P) John Powell describes his experience as Division Surgeon at Fort Bragg, and the position of a division surgeon in general)

www.adtdl.army.mil (Provides on-line access to all Army Field Manuals)

www.army.mil (US Army homepage, updated regularly Army information)

www.af.mil (US Air Force homepage, updated regularly with Air Force information)

www.navy.mil (US Navy homepage, updated regularly with Navy information)

armymedicine.army.mil (AMEDD Knowledge Management Network Site, has extensive info about and from AMEDD Center & School, Ft Sam Houston, TX)

www.usmc.mil (US Marine Corps Home Page)

www.vnh.org   (Virtual Naval Hospital--extensive information and links to a variety of resources including the General Medical Officer Manual)

www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/policy/army/fm WMD Army Field Manuals

www.usamriid.army.mil/Content/FMs/datw/index.htm (Defense Against Toxic Weapons--a text providing information on how to protect yourself and others against toxins that can be used as weapons)

http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/  (US Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine)

http://navymedicine.med.mil/med26/nmrdc/default.htm (Links to Navy Research Centers worldwide)

www.defenselink.mil (Frequently updated information from the US Dept. of Defense on current deployments and topics)

www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/departments/medicine/faculty-development.htm (Provides useful information, with additional web links. regarding military courses, awards, and promotions, as well as licensure and professional development information for internists)

http://www.usapa.army.mil/pdffiles/r40_501.pdf   (Army medical retention standards).

http://www.nbc-med.org/others  Information on NBC threats and protective measures.

http://www.usamrid.army.mil/Content/FMs/medman/index.htm Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook

MEDICAL INFORMATION

www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/departments/medicine/nephro/NEPHROLOGY/lectures/military.htm (Lectures on field-related nephrology topics)

www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/fieldmed (Includes multiple lectures on Anesthesia in the Field, the Military Medicine Textbook of Dermatology on Diseases and the Environment, Dialysis, Rhabdomyolysis and other subjects in Nephrology, and Blast Injuries)

www.nbc-med.org/other (Information on NBC threats and protective measures)

http://chemdef.apgea.army.mil (Provides a list of publications from researchers at the US Army Medical Research Institute for Chemical Defense, since 1981)

www.usamriid.army.mil/Content/FMs/medman/index.htm  (Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook from the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Ft. Detrick, Frederick, MD)

TRAVEL/GEOGRAPHIC MEDICINE INFORMATION

http://206.156.10.15/gobook/gobook.html   (Info on medical threat, vaccinations, chem-bio protective measures and antidotes)

http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/ento   (Provides information and links pertaining to disease vectors, pesticides, and other pest management information)

www.cdc.gov/travel (Extensive up-to-date information about health risks associated with international travel, including disease outbreaks and recommendations for immunizations and prophylaxis)w

ww.info.usaid.gov  (Information from the US Agency for International Development, an independent government agency providing economic development and humanitarian assistance to advance US economic and political interests overseas.  Details current efforts)

http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html (Travel warnings from the US State Department)

www.ncdc.noaa.gov  (The world's largest active archive of weather data, from the National Climatic Data Center)