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Manchester Arena bombing: lessons learnt from a mass casualty incident
, 2018 On 22 May 2017 Salman Abedi detonated an improvised explosive device in the Manchester Arena resulting in 23 deaths (including the attacker). This was the deadliest terrorist attack on UK soil since the 2005 London bombings, but was only one of five mass
J S Pollard +5 more
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Simple Emergency Triage (SET) : the new perspective on mass casualty incident triage [PDF]
, 2020 The aim: Incidents with large number of casualties present a major challenge for the emergency services. Incident witnesses are always the first on scene.
Jaskuła, Jerzy, Siuta, Marek
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Russia's Wartime Economy: Measuring Regional Inequalities From Outer Space
Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study Russia's February 2022 full‐scale invasion of Ukraine as a natural experiment to determine how sudden disruptions to international market access reshape sub‐national economic inequalities. Using remotely‐sensed nighttime lights as a proxy for economic activity, we estimate the economic effects of the war at the national and regional ...
Irakli Barbakadze +3 more
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Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2021 Prasit Wuthisuthimethawee,1 Amir Khorram-Manesh2 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Songklanagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand; 2Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences ...
Wuthisuthimethawee P, Khorram-Manesh A
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Measuring the Impact of Armed Conflict on Population Health: A Guide for Researchers
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract The humanitarian impact of armed conflict remains a significant international issue, with an estimated 2 billion people residing in fragile or conflict‐affected settings. Despite increasing attention and study of armed conflict and its impact on human populations, few studies have evaluated the methods necessary to assess such relationships ...
Maya Luetke +2 more
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War, Gender, and Family Dynamics: A Couple Analysis
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract A growing demographic literature outlines how war exposure has long‐lasting and far‐reaching impacts on individuals. Yet the nascent literature leaves questions of whether and how the war exposures of key relatives, such as spouses, affect individuals.
Yingyi Lin, Emily Smith‐Greenaway
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Mass-casualty attacks on public transportation
, 2014 The 21st century has provided many examples of the devastating effects attacks can have when public transportation has been targeted or used as weapons.
Björnstig, Ulf,, Holgersson, Annelie,
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Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract The quantification and analysis of forced displacement, driven by political unrest or natural disasters, has become increasingly central to both humanitarian and demographic research. With displaced populations reaching record numbers, there is an urgent need for accurate and timely data on displacement patterns, particularly disaggregated by ...
Edith Darin +2 more
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Open Access Emergency MedicineSara L Wattenbarger Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USACorrespondence: Sara L Wattenbarger, Email swattenbarger@health.southalabama.eduBackground: Mass casualty incidents present significant challenges to ...
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Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract Prior literature on fertility during war examines high‐fertility settings using quantitative data on births collected mainly after fighting ends. In contrast, we analyze cognitive processes related to childbearing during wartime in Ukraine, where a full‐scale war erupted in the context of long‐standing low fertility.
Anna Popovych +2 more
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