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August 5, 2026

Case Studies & Lessons Learned

After-Action Reports (AARs) & Improvement Plans (IPs)

US Federal and National -Level AARs

These provide system-level lessons on coordination, capacity, and policy.

State, Local & Healthcare System AARs

Military & DoD AARs


Case Reports & Scholarly Analyses

Event Case Series

  • 9/11 Medical Response Analyses
  • Hurricane Katrina Healthcare System Failures
  • West Africa Ebola Outbreak (2014–2016)
  • Haiti Earthquake (2010)
  • COVID-19 Health System Surge & CSC Implementation
  • Ukraine Conflict Medical Lessons (ongoing)

Event Timelines & Incident Reconstructions

CDC & Federal Event Timelines

Academic & NGO Event Reconstructions


Lessons-Learned Compendiums & Syntheses


Interviews, Oral Histories & First-Person Accounts

Responder & Leader Perspectives

Academic & Institutional Oral History Projects


Multimedia Debriefings & Visual Case Studies

Webinars & Recorded Debriefs

Documentaries & Long-Form Media
Useful for contextual and human factors learning

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