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The newly formed Special Interest Group for Emergency Preparedness and Response serves to assist in:
- Planning for improvements in advanced telecommunications for natural and man-made disaster events and homeland security.
- Improving the regional/national/international management of trauma and emergency care clinical services through telecommunications and information management.
- Improving patient flow management in emergency and trauma care through the use of telemedicine technologies.
- Improving education of all levels of emergency care/response personnel through distance learning and automated educational systems including paramedics in rural areas, first responders, disaster response personnel, management of chemical, biological, nuclear, blast injuries/illnesses.
- Supporting the advancement of evidence-based research in emergency/ trauma preparedeness and responsiveness.
- Providing linkage between the American Telemedicine Association and national and international professional organizations active in this area.
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Chair
David C. Balch, MA
CEO DCB LLC
DCB Consulting, LLC
881 Driftwood Drive
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone: 252-830-0510
Fax: 252-830-0510
Email: davidbalch@yahoo.com |
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Vice Chair
Rob Sprang, MBA
Director
Kentucky TeleCare
University of Kentucky Medical Center
K128 KY Clinic
740 S. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40536-0284
http://kytelecare.uky.edu
Office 859.257.6404 fax 859.257.2881
Email:rsprang@email.uky.edu |
Secretary
Rifat Latifi, MD,FACS
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Director Surgical Critical Care
The University of Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona Associate Director of Arizona Telemedicine Program
Telesurgery and International Affairs
Office 520-626-5095
Direct: 520-626-1537
Email:latifi@surgery.arizona.edu |
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| If you are interested in participating in the Emergency Preparedness and Response Special Interest Group simply contact the chair of the SIG or email ATA at membership@americantelemed.org or call ATA at 202.223.3333. |
