Resumen de The Need for a National Strategy to Assess and Reduce Disaster-Related Mortality in the United States.

Mark E. Keim, Thomas D. Kirsch, Oscar Alleyne, Georges C. Benjamin, Linda DeGutis, David Dyjack, Frederick M. Burkle

• The author argues the need for a national strategy to assess and reduce disaster-related mortality in the U.S. Topics include an increase in the number of extreme weather disasters in the U.S., the tendency for the majority of U.S. disaster-related deaths to be a result of injury normally occurring near the first hour after injury before most disaster assistance is deployed, and the need for primary and secondary prevention measures.