Disaster Medicine Section
Purpose: To provide a forum in which members of the College with special interest and/or expertise in the medical and non-medical management of disasters, mass casualty incidents, and mass gathering events can develop a knowledge base, share information, receive and give counsel and serve as a resource to the ACEP Board of Directors, the College membership, external organizations and agencies as well as others. To provide and promote the expertise of Section members in Disaster Medicine.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Patient is suffering from old wound as result of earthquake which had significant dead tissue, gangrene, infection, and maggots. Wound cleaning and planning for admission for likely amputation due to gangrene.. Photo courtesy of Christina Bloem, MD
Disaster Medicine Section Web Resources 
Current Topic of Interest - CDMS Annual Report 2011-2012
Radiological Emergencies
Suggested Reading
Texts and Resources
2011-13 Section Officers:
Chair & Councillor - Ira R. Nemeth, MD, FACEP
Vice-Chair - Joseph Sabato, Jr. MD, FACEP
Immediate Past Chair & Alternate Councillor - Stuart B. Weiss, MD
Secretary - Christopher S. Kang, MD, FACEP
Newsletter Co-Editors - Henry A. Curtis, MD & Jonathan Wendell, MD
Board Liaison - Andrew I. Bern, MD, FACEP
Staff Liaison - Patrick R. Elmes, EMT/P (Ret.)
Website Editor - Lillian Lockwood, MD
For inquiries, questions, or comments about the section, please send an e-mail to the staff liaison.
Disaster Section members may send an e-mail to all members of this section via the section e-list at disaster.section@elist.acep.org
Disaster Emergency Medicine Section Operational Guidelines