DISASTER MEDICINE AND CRISIS RESPONSE

Undergraduate

This advanced course introduces students to the practice of medicine within the disaster environment. Students learn how to plan and mitigate crisis response to both anthropogenic and natural disasters. Using modules, topics cover modelling of disaster predictions, organization of EMS before, during and after a disaster, disaster medicine principles and disaster management within the hospital environment. PREREQUISITE Registration in the BSc. Paramedicine program Three semester hours a week