Abbreviations: EMS = emergency medical services; IRRC = International Resuscitation Research Center; LSFA = life-supporting first-aid; WADEM = World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a pre-war population of 550,000, has been under siege since April 1992. So far, more than 10,000 people in the city have been killed (including 1,...

Training exercises are now frequently used in health disaster and emergency medicine to train first responders, including the use of 1 tabletops exercises. However, these kinds of drill are barely described in occupational and industrial safety and health. They represent ’ 2 –4 an interesting alternative to real life disaster plans, considering the enormous human and technical resources that ar...

There is a need to harmonise the definitions for disaster terms from a wide range of glossaries and other sources, to build a more unitary foundation for further research, policy and practice. As a first step in a wider programme of research, we present an analysis of the term disaster. Definitions for disaster were obtained from glossaries found in books, reports and internet sites. One of the...

Twas a dangerous cliff, they freely confessed, Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant, But, over its terrible edge there had slipped A duke and full many a peasant; So the people said something would have to be done, But their projects did not at all tally. Some said: "Put a fence round the edge of the cliff." Others said: An ambulance down in the valley." Joseph Malines Prevention and C...

Introduction: Over the last 20 years disasters have increasingly involved children, and pediatric disaster medicine research is growing. However, this largely reactive, has not been categorized in terms of cycle, quality variable. To understand gaps current literature highlight areas for future research, we conducted a scoping review literature. This work will help create recommendations resear...

The article presents the history of foundation and formation Disaster Medicine Service Voronezh region Regional Clinical Center for Medicine. basic directions Center’s Service’s activity, structure equipment are examined.

doi:10.1017/S1049023X11006479 In the wake of highly publicized recent disasters in Haiti, Pakistan, and elsewhere, discourse among those concerned with the management of public health emergencies has focused on defining a standard of professionalism for humanitarian and disaster responders.1 Few “prerequisites” exist for the diversity of casual responders, experienced providers, and humanitaria...