Disaster Medicine in a European Perspective

European survey on training objectives in disaster medicine.

OBJECTIVES As part of the I SEE (Interactive Simulation Exercise for Emergencies) project, financially supported by the Leonardo da Vinci Programme 2000-2006 of the European Commission, a study was planned to assess the type of disaster and to establish the tasks to be included in an emergency exercise to be developed, according to the possible target groups, physicians, nurses, ambulance perso...

Female role models in medicine: a medical student’s perspective

The importance of role models in medicaleducation cannot be understated. Theyallow for professional development, aid in careermotivation and inspire and educate throughexample. Unfortunately, I cannot admit knowingmore than three female role models throughoutmy time at medical school, and now as a finalyear student, I am more disappointed than everfor this deficit.My admiration and respect for ...

Disaster Medicine

Combined with the author's lucid writing style and the intimate portraits ofthose individuals described in the text, the present work presents some fascinating insights into our understanding ofthe stress-disease connection. The book's most debilitating weakness comes from the heavy reliance on one-sided case-report and anecdotal data in many of Mate's inferences and conclusions. Presenting dat...

ethical dilemmas in disaster medicine

The European Masters Degree in Disaster Medicine (EMDM): A Decade of Exposure

Disasters often overwhelm the capacity of communities and health systems to deal with the massive number of victims and the scarcity of available resources (1, 2). In crisis situations, health professionals are required to perform tasks that fall outside their routine work (3), such as mass casualty triage and management of specific populations such as refugees and internally displaced people. ...