Center for Disaster Medical Sciences

Dr. Kristi Koenig and Dr. Carl Schultz talk about their respective capacities as director and research director of U.C. Irvine's Center for Disaster Medical Sciences. They cover the charter of the Center, established in 2010; the reasons why the approach to disaster medicine lags behind other fields of medicine; examples of research and protocols to advance this field; an update on the E. coli outbreak in Germany; the differences and similarities of various disasters and their challenges; and how civilians can prepare for the next disaster. More information is available at the website: www.cdms.uci.edu