Disaster Apps & Tools
The following disaster apps and tools may be useful to support health and medical response and recovery operations.
- Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management – Guidance for the management of victims of chemical exposures.
- Chemical Identification Decision Support Tool – WebWISER/iTunes/Google Play – Use this tool to help identify unknown chemicals based on:
- Substance physical properties
- Signs/symptoms from substance exposure
- NFPA 704 full or partial placard values
- Substance categories (flammable, meth lab, etc.)
- Transport identification: DOT rail car or road trailer placards
- Radiation Emergency Medical Management – Guidance for diagnosis and treatment of radiation victims for healthcare providers. iTunes/Google Play
- EMS/Emergency Response Self Care App – Aids those deployed to emergency response events in maintaining their own physical, emotional, and social well-being. iTunes/Google Play
Resources for Health Emergencies
- Health Care Coalitions Surge Evaluation Tool guides coalitions in evaluating surge planning capabilities through a structured low or no-notice drill. Users engage in realistic disaster scenarios of hospital or patient care facility evacuations, allowing operational readiness and coordination under time-constrained conditions. At no cost, this tool integrates real-world lessons learned from other state health care coalitions that support health care disaster preparedness, planning, and training.
- 15 ’til 50 Mass Casualty Incident Toolkit – This award-winning program enables hospital staff to receive a surge of 50 or more patients within 15 minutes of notification of a mass casualty incident. This includes the rapid deployment of staff, supplies, and equipment to activate and operate a mass casualty incident triage and treatment area. The program utilizes the Hospital Incident Command System and can be initiated using existing supplies and equipment.
If you have suggestions for useful apps to benefit Coalition partners, please let us know!