Prehospital and Disaster Medicine (PDM) is a peer-reviewed health and medical journal that has been published for more than thirty years. PDM is sponsored by, and the official publication of, the World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM). The principal mission of the journal is the distribution of information relevant to the practice of out-of-hospital and in-hospital emergency medical care, disaster medicine, emergency public health and safety, and disaster mental health and psychosocial support.  PDM provides an international forum for the reporting and discussion of scientific studies, both quantitative and qualitative, that have relevance to the above practices. It is one of the few journals that maintain a global perspective in the publication of disaster health and emergency medical information. During the past two years, manuscripts submitted by authors from thirty-one countries have been published.  To assure highest standards in publication of scientific content, PDM supports and follows international standards for peer review of all material that may be used as an authoritative citation or reference. It is a signatory with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Editor-in-Chief
Samuel Stratton, MD, MPH, University of California - Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California, USA
Emeritus Editor-in-Chief
Professor Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison|Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Managing Editor
Ellen N. Johnson, MS
Section Editor - Nursing
Elaine Daily, RN, BSN, FCCM, FAHA, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Section Editor - Oceania
Graeme McColl, Christchurch, New Zealand
Section Editor - Emergency Medical Services
Darren Walter, FRCS(ed), FCEM, FIMC, University Hospital South Manchester|Manchester, UK
Section Editor - Humanitarian Affairs
Federick M. Burkle, MD, MPH, DTM, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative|Harvard University|Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Section Editor - Mass Gathering Medicine
Paul Arbon, PhD, School of Nursing and Midwifery|Flinders University|Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Section Editor - Psychosocial
Gloria Leon, PhD, University of Minnesota|Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Associate Editors
David Bradt, MD, MPH, Royal Melbourne Hospital|Melbourne, Australia
Wolfgang F. Dick, MD, PhD, Mainz, Germany
Kimball Maull, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery|Hamand General Hospital|Doha, Qatar
Steven Rottman, MD, University of California - Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California, USA
Editorial Board
Bruria Adini, PhD, Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel
Carol Amaratunga, PhD, School of Child and Youth Development|University of Victoria Research|Association of the Justice Institute of British Columbia|Victoria BC, Canada
Frank Archer, Department of Community Emergency Health & Paramedic Practice|Monash University|Melbourne, Australia
Jeffery Arnold, Department of Emergency Medicine|Santa Clara Valley Medical Center|San Jose, California, USA
Yaron Bar-Dayan, MD, MHA, Israeli Defense Forces Home Front Command|Or-Yehuda, Israel
Tareg Bey, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine|University of California - Irvine|Irvine, California, USA
Joost Biernes, MD, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Richard Bissell, PhD, Center for Emergency and Disaster Research|University of Baltimore - Maryland|Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Felipe Cruz-Vega, MD, Office of Social Security|Mexico City, Mexico
Joe Cutherson, MPH, MSc, MEH, Monash University, Disaster Resilience Initiative, Australia
Robert A. De Lorenzo, MD, MSM, FACEP, Medical Corps|United States Army|San Antonio, Texas, USA
Caude de Ville de Goyet, MD, Brussels, Belgium
Judith Fisher, MD, Washington, DC, USA
Erik S. Gaull, George Washington University|Washington, DC, USA
Michael Gunderson, Integral Performance Solutions|Lakeland, Florida, USA
Pinchas Halpern, MD, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine|Tel Aviv University|Tel Aviv, Israel
Keith Hotlermann, MD, George Washington University|Washington, DC, USA
Mark Johnson, MPA, Juneau, Alaska, USA
Mark Keim, MD, Center for Disease Control and Prevention|Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Todd J. LeDuc, EMT-P, Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue|Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Lidia Mayner, PhD, School of Nursing and Midwifery|Flinders University|Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Andrew Milsten, MD, MS, FACEP, University of Massachusetts|Emergency Medicine|Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Jerry Overton, IAED Emergency Clinical Advice System & Standards Board|Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Paul Paris, MD, Center for Emergency Medicine|University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Lynda Redwood-Campbell, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine|McMaster University|Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Edward Ricci, PhD, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences|University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Leonid Roshal, MD, Institute of Pediatrics|Academy of Medical Sciences|Moscow, Russia
Don Schramm, Disaster Management Center|University of Wisconsin - Madison|Madison, Wisconsin, USA
James M. Shultz, PhD, Center for Disaster & Extreme Event Preparedness|University of Miami|Miami, Florida, USA
Wayne M. Smith, BSC, MBChB, EMDM, FCEM(SA), Division of Emergency Medicine|University of Cape Town|Cape Town, South Africa
Erin Smith, PhD, MPH, MClinEpi, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Knut Ole Sundnes, MD, Baerum Hospital|Oslo, Norway
Takashi Ukai, MD, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center|Hyogo, Japan
Michael Van Rooyen, MD, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative|Department of Emergency Medicine|Brigham and Women’s Hospital|Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Richard Zoraster, MD, MPH, Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA