LibGuides: COVID-19: Disaster Management

Research Resources

Disaster Lit This link opens in a new window
Database of links to disaster medicine and public health documents available on the Internet at no cost; including expert guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings, training classes, fact sheets, websites, databases, and similar materials selected from over 700 organizations for a professional audience.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Free access to MEDLINE, the vast NLM database of indexed citations and abstracts to medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, health care, and preclinical sciences journal articles as well as additional selected life sciences and biomedical journals not in MEDLINE.

Linked to ATSU's full-text subscription journals when access via this link. Includes access to PubMed Central, which is fulltext and open access.
LitCOVID This link opens in a new window
A curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus; providing a central access to 2026 (and growing) relevant articles in PubMed. Updated daily and categorized by different research topics and locations.

ATSU e-Books on Disaster Medicine & Management

Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments, 2nd Edition by Kenneth V. Iserson
ISBN: 9780071847629
Publication Date: 2016
Ciottone's Disaster Medicine by Ciottone; Keim; Molloy; et al
ISBN: 9780323286657
Publication Date: 2016
Disaster Epidemiology by Jennifer A. Horney (Editor)
ISBN: 9780128095072
Publication Date: 2018

Training

These sources offer free training courses for aspects of disaster management. They are not affiliated with ATSU, and their inclusion here is not an endorsement.

NCDMPH’s Disaster Health Core Curriculum
• National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health, via the Uniformed Services University
• 8 hours; 11 20-60 minute modules
• 7 AMA PRA cat 1 credits
• Also many archived webinars on various topics onsite, including research
FEMA Independent Study Program
• FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute
• Free self-paced courses for emergency workers and the general public
• Each course provides expected number of hours, prereqs, primary audience, etc.
• 200+
TRAIN Learning Network Public Health Foundation: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Training
Training related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is available through the TRAIN Learning Network, a national learning network that aggregates training opportunities for public health, healthcare, and preparedness professionals from thousands of training providers.