EM residents benefit from a comprehensive and innovative exposure to disaster-related medicine and public health, throughout their training program. Graduated responsibilities commence with a detailed orientation to the principles of Disaster Medicine, continuing through field response and decision-making during disasters in Oklahoma. Topics include details about specific types of disasters, as well as general issues surrounding triage, logistics, transportation, evacuation, and alternative standards of medical care.
Resident education for Disaster Medicine is not limited to the disaster and mass casualty events most likely to be encountered in Oklahoma (floods, wildfires, tornadoes, ice storms). ODI's curricular offerings and expertise also include subjects, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, pandemic events, and human-originated disasters.
