AN INVITATION TO THE 15TH WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Dear Colleagues It is our privilege to invite you to participate in the 15th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine. You will find this Congress different from and more stimulating than any other that you have attended. The overall theme of the Congress is: Preparedness: Knowledge, Training, and Networks. The Organising Committees have outlined a Scientific Programme not only directed at enhancing your knowledge base and bringing you up to date in a wide variety of relevant topics, but will integrate your personal expertise in the outcome of the Congress. The final deliverables from the Congress shall influence the development of disaster and emergency health. Emphasis will be on both health and medical practices. Ample opportunities will be provided to expand your professional and social networks.

Australian College For Emergency Medicine:

Links to other medically oriented sites and information on meetings/conferences.

Australia
ANZCA
Australasian Faculty of Occupational Medicine
Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine
Australian Resuscitation Council
Medicare Schedule Review Task Force
National Asthma Campaign
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators
Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia

Journals
Emergency Medicine (Blackwell Science Asia)
Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Universities
ACT
ANU Online
New South Wales
University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine
University of Newcastle Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Northern Territory
Northern Territory University
Queensland
Bond University
Central Queensland University
Griffith University
James Cook University
University of Queensland
South Australia
Flinders University
University of Adelaide
Victoria
University of Melbourne
La Trobe University
La Trobe Univesity, Bendigo
Monash University

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International

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  American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
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  Audio-Digest Foundation
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  British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine
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  Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP)
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  Hong Kong Society of Emergency Medicine and Surgery Home Page
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  Public Access Defibrillation League
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  Royal Society of Medicine, UK
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  Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
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  Society of Emergency Medicine, Taiwan
• Accident and Emergency Department - Information and department services offered by the St. James’s Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine. The largest university teaching hospital in the Republic of Ireland.(Dublin)
• Akron General Dept. of Emergency Medicine - Describes this ED, a Regional Trauma primary and tertiary care provider. Serving the medical and emergency needs of Ohio.
• Alameda County Medical Center - Highland General Hospital - About the Department of Emergency Medicine, community based patient care, post-graduate medical education, and Emergency Medicine clinical and basic research. Located in Oakland, California.
• Albert Einstein Medical Center - Level I Regional Resource Trauma Center located in North Philadelphia.
• Atlantic City Medical Center - Hospital information, including the emergency department, for the medical center in New Jersey.
• Baptist Hospital East Emergency Department - Located in Louisville, Kentucky. Site includes information on hospital emergency department services.
• Cabell Huntington Hospital Emergency and Trauma Services - A Level 2 trauma center located in Huntington, West Virginia. Site includes patient information as well as operational data.
• Canberra Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine - Provides medical services to nearly 50,000 people and their families each year in Australia. Educational resources, patient information, and research information available.
• Central Maine Medical Center Emergency Care - Located in Lewiston, Maine. Site includes historical information, patient information, and safety tips intended for the general public.
• Children's Hospital Emergency Department - A Level 1 pediatric trauma care center located in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati Emergency Department - Devoted to the special needs of acutely ill and injured children. One of the United State's busiest Emergency Departments. Information on consultation and all surgical and medical subspecialties.
• Christ Hospital Emergency Department - A premier healthcare facility in Hudson County, Jersey City, New Jersey.
• Department of Emergency Medicine - UMass Medical School - Providing emergency medical care at several hospital emergency departments in Central Massachusetts as well as prehospital care through UMass EMS and UMass LifeFlight. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts.
• Department of Emergency Medicine - West Virginia University Hospital - A Level 1 Trauma Center providing extensive, comprehensive emergency care to the sick and injured of West Virginia and neighboring states. Information on the services of the Center available on the site.
• Emcare - An Emergency Room Management Service Firm, specializing in managing hospital emergency departments.
• The Emergency Department , St Thomas' Hospital - A resource for the emergency medicine community, with teaching files and information about the departments' activities and staff. (London)
• Emergency Department Discharge System - Designed to provide aftercare instructions and management reporting for Emergency Departments.
• Emergency Department of the Future - About this concept, conceived by the ACEPs Computer Section several years ago, the purpose of the EDOF is to educate the membership regarding the potential usefulness of automation technologies, to indicate the future impact of these technologies on the practice of Emergency Medicine, and to encourage appropriate planning by individual emergency physicians, physician groups, prehospital providers, and hospitals.
• The Emergency Department: What To Expect - An ACEP feature column, this site provides consumer information on what to expect in the emergency department.
• Emergency Medicine - Long Island Jewish Medical Center - LIJMC has numerous specific treatment areas for emergencies. Take a 'virtual tour' of the ED.
• Emerson Hospital - The ED is staffed by board certified emergency physicians and nurses who have specialized training in emergency medicine. About the center's specialized treatment rooms for medical emergencies. Located in Concord, Massachusetts.
• Frequently Asked Emergency Department Questions - Provided by the Nemours Foundation.
• Good Shepherd Hospital's Emergency Department - Located in Chicago, Illinois. Site is an article from Health Advocate Magazine, Summer 1999 Edition.
• How Stuff Works: Emergency Room - An in-depth look behind the scenes of a typical emergency room, written by a medical doctor.
• Jackson County Public Hospital - Full JCAHO accreditation. Operates a 24-hour emergency department and hospital-based paramedic-level ambulance service. (Iowa)
• Kern Medical Center - Emergency Dept. - Information on the residency program, photographs of the residents and from the emergency department. [Note: photos are of real emergency situations and may not be suitable for all viewers] In Bakersfield, California.
• Loma Linda University and Medical Center Emergency Department - A 22 bed Level 1 trauma center, located in Loma Linda, California.
• Loudoun Hospital Center Emergency Department - Located in Loudoun, Virginia. Site includes patient, visitor, and employment information.
• Manning Base Hospital Emergency Department - Information for patients of the Hospital ED, located in Taree, NSW, Australia.
• Midwest Emergency Department Services - An Emergency Department contracting firm providing emergency health care providers to emergency rooms around the nation. Located in O'Fallon, Illinois.
• Moses Taylor Hospital's Emergency Department - Patient information on what to expect in the Hospital ED, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
• The New Bellevue Emergency Department - Operated by New York University, the ED claims to be the second largest emergency department in the world.
• Pawtucket Health Care, Inc. - Walk-in medical treatment center and urgent health care clinic for doctors visits, flu shots, hernias, x-rays, fractures, physicals and workman's compensation. Located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Lists hours of service medical news.
• Princess Alexandra Hospital ED - Providing emergency care for patients in the central suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia south of the Brisbane River.
• Regions Hospital Emergency Medicine - Comprehensive information about the emergency department, its services, staff and residency programs. Located in St. Paul, Minnesota.
• Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital Emergency Department - Comprehensive listing of Emergency Medical resources, reference material, teaching cases and interesting ECG's and medical education links.
• Summit Emergency Department - A Level 2 trauma center located in Oakland, California. Site includes patient and employment information.
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Emergency Medicine - A Level 1 Trauma Center staffed by a team of Jefferson physicians board-certified in emergency medicine. Information about the many services of the ED available. (Philadelphia)
• Tri-County Baptist Hospital Emergency Services - Located in La Grange, Kentucky, it is the closest hospital to residents of Oldham, Henry and Trimble counties.
• UCI Emergency Medicine - Information on the University of California Irvine Medical Center.
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center - VUMC's Department of Emergency Medicine is a Level-1 Regional Trauma center, Pediatric Acute Care Center, and Poison Control Center. In Nashville, Tennessee.