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The Psycho-Social Needs of Health Professionals Providing On-Scene Disaster Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

D. Wayne Corneil*
Affiliation:
Graduate Student, Division of Behavioural Sciences & Health Education, School of Hygiene & Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
*
1071 Grenoble Crescent, Orleans, Ontario, Canada, K1C 2C5

Extract

As evidenced in a number of recent disasters, there appears to be an increasing trend, for health care professionals to leave the confines of the hospital to provide on-scene care. This trend may be due to a number of recommendations from a variety of sources such as the National Disaster Medical System, the implementation of the United States Military Disaster Response, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recommended airport disaster plans, trends in community disaster planning, and Emergency Medical Services practice.

Type
Special Report
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1991

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