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Abstract Past experiences from uncoordinated and inefficient medical responses to disasters have prompted the WHO to formulate a system that includes minimum standards to which responding medical teams must adhere….

Abstract The chapter describes the training needs of international EMTs and how these might best be met and the training delivered. This is a three-step approach of first completing in…

Abstract This chapter deals with the modalities of the actions to be taken prior to the deployment of a field hospital to a foreign country in a disaster. It specifically…