"Survivor Receiving Centers and Staging Areas: A Guide to Reducing Hospital Surge in Large Scale Incidents" by Opa T. Clegg and Robert W. Austin is the first release of the 1st edition of the guidebook.

The guidebook explains why SRCSAs are needed, based on studies by the Centers for Disease Control, US Department of Homeland Security, the US Congress and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. It is also based on the lessons learned from recent large scale incidents including the Madrid Train Bombings and the London Subway Bombings.

In the guidebook you will find information on how to set up a SRCSA site, guidelines on when SRCSA sites should be activated, how to inspect a site for possible inclusion as a SRCSA site, as well as the various job action sheets for the personnel working a SRCSA site. We have also included standalone versions of the various forms used during a SRCSA activation, as well as the inspection form.

Like our other projects, all of these items are available in both OpenDocument (odt) format as well as Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.

Download a Copy
The download version of the manual is a zipped file that contains the textbook in two different formats; Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format and Open Document (odt) format. The download is free and the manual is released under the Creative Commons license. Go to our download page to view all the packages that are available, or simply download the manual in Open Document or Adobe Acrobat format.

We are looking for your feedback and ideas, so that we can improve on all of the items being released. If you would like to be an active part of the SRCSA development project, please send us an e-mail letting us know what you would like to work on.