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Planning the Medical Response to Earthquakes
The major distinction between planning the medical response to earthquakes and other sudden mass casualty incidents (SMCI) is related to how severe damage will be the infrastructure of the city where the earthquake occurred.
Lynn, Mauricio
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Scaling the global surgical care workforce through independent procedural skills training is essential to address unmet surgical need. Prioritization of a sub‐set of surgical skills is required. During the 2023 Surgical Education Learners Forum (SELF) Symposium, participants developed criteria to prioritize the development of self‐directed and ...
Amelia Levi +5 more
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Hospital Planning and Response for Sudden Chemical Mass Casualty Incidents
Sudden exposure of multiple people to a chemical agent may be classified as a sudden chemical mass casualty incident (SCMCI).The vast majority of the contaminated patients will be mildly contaminated (“walking wounded”).The majority of contaminated ...
Mauricio Lynn, Lynn, Mauricio
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Respected and Ignored: British Women and the Arab Revolt (1936–39) in Mandate Palestine
ABSTRACT This article aims to reinsert British women and their perspectives into our understanding of anticolonial resistance in Palestine. Historiography on the Arab Revolt (1936–39) has previously been built from colonial state archives that disproportionally speak with a male voice and, as such, rely on certain gendered assumptions to describe the ...
Alex Worsfold
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Emergency medical services preparedness in mass casualty incidents: A qualitative study
Background and Aims The effective response of emergency medical services in mass casualty incidents (MCIs) calls for sufficient preparation. The components of preparation must be determined first to achieve this goal.
Vahid Saadatmand +4 more
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‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front
Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
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This study examined whether a relationship exists between mass casualty incident knowledge and perceived importance of incorporating competencies regarding mass casualty incidents into baccalaureate nursing programs by faculty in Louisiana.
Whitty, Kristin K., Burnett, Michael F.
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Mass-Casualty Distribution for Emergency Healthcare: A Simulation Analysis
This study focuses on the casualty-load distribution problem that arises when a mass casualty incident (MCI) necessitates the engagement of multiple medical facilities.
Mohsin Nasir Jat, Raza Ali Rafique
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Dilemmas of Civilian Participation in Military Deterrence and Defence: Legal and Ethical Dimensions
ABSTRACT How can civilians participate in deterrence and defence in ways that do not jeopardize their immunity from deliberate attack? The principle of civilian immunity from deliberate attack in war is a core element of contemporary international humanitarian law (IHL). Uniformed combatants and others who take up arms pose a threat may be liable to be
Neta C. Crawford
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The Boom and Bust of Donor Development Regimes
ABSTRACT Across the Global North, support for international development is weakening. This raises an important question: Under what conditions does international solidarity become politically sustainable? This article addresses that question through a historical case study of the Netherlands, one of the strongest donor countries of the post‐war era and
Dirk‐Jan Koch
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