Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response

Through the Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response (CPHPDR), the AMA strives to be recognized as an important national educational resource for enhancing the disaster preparedness and response capabilities of both civilian and military providers.

As the threat of terrorist attacks and other public health emergencies remains high on the list of concerns for the nation, the AMA continues to address the need to train physicians and other health professionals through its National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) Program. This program was created to teach physicians, medical students and other health professionals about their integrated roles and responsibilities in community, state or regional disaster response.

Management of Public Health Emergengies - A Resource Guide for Physicians and Other Community Responders
This online guide has been compiled and published by the AMA as a reference source of information on biological, chemical, radiation, and other disasters.

To obtain a free copy of this resource guide on CD-ROM, please contact:
Jim Lyznicki, MS, MPH at (312) 464-4520 or send an E-mail to disastercd@ama-assn.org

For information regarding anything found on this site please contact us at Disaster.Preparedness@ama-assn.org