The target audience
for this on-line manual is the resident trainees at Boston Medical Center. The
goal is to facilitate learning of critical care medicine. Topics covered
includes: Oxygen Delivery Devices, Airways and Mechanical Ventilation,
Cardiopulmonary Critical Care, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and
Ventilator-Associated Lung Injury, Nutrition in the ICU, Compartment Syndromes,
Blood Products in the ICU
This note covers the following topics: Classifying Disasters,
Definitions and Terminology, Phases of Disaster Response, External and Internal
Planning.