Disaster Planning and Response
Approved by the ACEP Board of Directors June 2008
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) encourages emergency physicians to:
- Assist their institutions and community to prepare for disasters.
- Continue to work during disaster situations.
- Use all available methods to protect themselves, their families, their co-workers, and their patients from risks.
- Work with institutional and public leaders to effectively communicate public health and safety information to co-workers and the public.
- Be prepared to assume the role of crisis triage officer to allocate scarce resources, when necessary.
The American College of Emergency Physicians will, when possible and appropriate during disasters, use its resources to disseminate current, scientifically based information from national experts.