• DOI:10.1097/01.CCM.0000151062.00501.60
Corpus ID: 32514269

Worldwide disaster medical response: An historical perspective

@article{Dara2005WorldwideDM,
  title={Worldwide disaster medical response: An historical perspective},
  author={Saqib I. Dara and R. Ashton and J. Farmer and P. Carlton},
  journal={Critical Care Medicine},
  year={2005},
  volume={33},
  pages={S2-S6}
}

Saqib I. Dara, R. Ashton, +1 author P. Carlton

Published 2005

Medicine

Critical Care Medicine

Objective:Disaster medicine and disaster medical response is a complex and evolving field that has existed for millennia. The objective of this article is to provide a brief review of significant milestones in the history of disaster medicine with emphasis on applicability to present and future structures for disaster medical response. Results:Disaster medical response is an historically necessary function in any society. These range from response to natural disasters, to the ravages of warfare… CONTINUE READING

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