Resources – ERHMS
ERHMS Fact Sheets
- Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance System Overview [PDF – 281 KB] – September 2017
- Rostering and Credentialing of Emergency Response and Recovery Workers – January 2013
- Pre-deployment Health Screening for Emergency Responders – January 2013
- Health and Safety Training – January 2013
- Data Management and Information Security – January 2013
- On-site Responder In-processing – January 2013
- Health Monitoring and Surveillance During Response Operations – January 2013
- Integration of Exposure Assessment, Responder Activity Documentation, and Controls into ERHMS – January 2013
- Communications of Exposure and Health Monitoring and Surveillance Data During an Emergency Response – January 2013
- Incident Personnel Out-processing Assessment – January 2013
- Post-Event Tracking of Emergency Responder Health and Function – January 2013
- Lessons Learned and After Action Assessments – January 2013
Studies on Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance
- Sleep deprivation and adverse health effects in United States Coast Guard responders to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Sleep Health 2015 Dec; 1(4): 268-274
- Injuries and illnesses among American Red Cross responders – United States, 2008-2012
Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2014 Oct; 8(5):404-410 - Disaster-related exposures and health effects among US Coast Guard responders to hurricanes Katrina and Rita
J Occup Environ Med 2014 Aug; 56(8):820-833 - A comparative assessment of major international disasters: the need for exposure assessment, systematic emergency preparedness, and lifetime health care
BMC Public Health 2017 Dec; 17(1):1-2
Practical Applications of ERHMS
- Concepts in Disaster Medicine: Monitoring the Health of Public Health Responders: Development and Use of the Responder Safety, Tracking, and Resilience System (R-STaR) for Hurricane Matthew
- Utilizing the Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance System to Prepare for and Respond to Emergencies
- Applications: Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance: Successful Application – ScienceDirect
- Assessment of Emergency Responders After a Vinyl Chloride Release from a Train Derailment — New Jersey, 2012
- Phosphine Exposure Among Emergency Responders — Amarillo, Texas, January 2017
Other Resources
- CDC Health Advisory: Resources Available for Local and State Public Health Officials: Preparing for and Responding to Bombing Events
- CDC Mass Casualty Preparedness and Response Information
- NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
- NIOSH Traumatic Incident Stress
- OSHA Best Practices Information on Mass Casualty Incidents for Hospital-Based First Receivers
- U.S. Chemical Safety Board