4th WADEM Pan-American regional conference: Measuring progress and improving preparedness in disaster management

The 4th WADEM Pan American conference will bring together individuals interested in disaster and emergency medicine/management to discuss developments and to build consensus on important related issues in the field.

The conference will be comprised of consensus-building workshops, debates, keynote addresses, as well as invited and free papers. There will be a focus on risk reduction, improving preparedness, and assessing responses worldwide from prehospital care systems through post-event evaluations.

Topics at the 4th Pan American regional conference will include:

• Uses of Social Media
• New Technology
• Safe Medical Facilities
• Forensics
• Psychosocial issues
• Roles of emergency, military, nursing, and medicine in disaster health
• Research Priorities
• Competencies of Workers and Accountability
• Standards of Care
• Disaster Terminology
• Foreign Medical Teams
• Accountability
• Assessments and Measurements

Event fee

How to register

Please register online