A Disaster Medical Assistance Team Operates a Hurricane Evacuation Shelter With U.S. Public Health Service Support
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چکیده
Several types of federal health response teams operate in times of national disaster. Among these are disaster medical assistance teams (DMATs), which are assigned to emergency locations by the Federal Emergency Management Agency through its National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) (1). A DMAT consists of medical and nonmedical volunteers (usually from the same state or region of a state) who form a response team under the guidance of NDMS or under similar state or local auspices (1). A DMAT team typically includes 35 individuals, including physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, pharmacists, emergency medical technicians, other allied health professionals, and support staff (1), reflecting the professional and technical expertise of a small community hospital or a trauma unit.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Preventing Chronic Disease
دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006