On the Cover:

Kester Franklin Dingus

Collateral Damage
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

James J. James

From the Editor-in-Chief
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jack A. Horner

A Call for Standardized Training
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S3. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irwin Redlener, Andrew L. Garrett, and Gregory A. Thomas

Safer Schools in an Age of Mass Violence: Back to the Basics of Public Health
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S4-S5. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Marcozzi, Melissa Sanders, and W. Craig Vanderwagen

A Nation Prepared: Inspiration in the Face of Tragedy
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John H. Armstrong and Eric R. Frykberg

Lessons from the Response to the Virginia Tech Shootings
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S7-S8. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Research and Critical Analysis:

Lisa Kaplowitz, Morris Reece, Jody Henry Hershey, Carol M. Gilbert, and Italo Subbarao

Regional Health System Response to the Virginia Tech Mass Casualty Incident
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S9-S13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathaniel Hupert, Eric Hollingsworth, and Wei Xiong

Is Overtriage Associated With Increased Mortality? Insights From a Simulation Model of Mass Casualty Trauma Care
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S14-S24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the Field:

Marcella F. Fierro

Mass Murder in a University Setting: Analysis of the Medical Examiner's Response
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S25-S30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diana J. Nordboe, Edward M. Kantor, Harvey Barker, Amie Ware, and Bill Armistead

Immediate Behavioral Health Response to the Virginia Tech Shootings
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S31-S32. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Concepts in Disaster Medicine:

Frederick Nucifora, Jr, Alan M. Langlieb, Everett Siegal, George S. Everly, Jr, and Michael Kaminsky

Building Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery in the Wake of School and Workplace Violence
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S33-S37. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Focus:

Emily E. Anderson, Lee J. Black, and Nathan A. Bostick

Preventing Tragedy: Balancing Physicians' Ethical Obligations to Patients and the Public
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S38-S42. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James G. Hodge

Protecting the Public's Health Following the Virginia Tech Tragedy: Issues of Law and Policy
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S43-S46. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sheldon F. Greenberg

State of Security at US Colleges and Universities: A National Stakeholder Assessment and Recommendations
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S47-S50. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Lyznicki, Italo Subbarao, Georges C. Benjamin, and James J. James

Developing a Consensus Framework for an Effective and Efficient Disaster Response Health System: A National Call to Action
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S51-S54. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited Commentaries:

Nelson Tang and Gabor D. Kelen

Role of Tactical EMS in Support of Public Safety and the Public Health Response to a Hostile Mass Casualty Incident
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S55-S56. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sheldon F. Greenberg

Active Shooters on College Campuses: Conflicting Advice, Roles of the Individual and First Responder, and the Need to Maintain Perspective
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. S57-S61. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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