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Planning the Medical Response to Earthquakes

open access: yes, 2018
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
core   +1 more source

Where to Begin? Prioritizing Procedures for Surgical Skills Training Development: SELF Series Article 2

open access: yesWorld Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital Planning and Response for Sudden Chemical Mass Casualty Incidents

open access: yes, 2018
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
core   +1 more source

Respected and Ignored: British Women and the Arab Revolt (1936–39) in Mandate Palestine

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Emergency medical services preparedness in mass casualty incidents: A qualitative study

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of instruction on mass casualty incidents in baccalaureate nursing programs: Perceptions of nursing faculty

open access: yes, 2009
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.
core   +1 more source

Mass-Casualty Distribution for Emergency Healthcare: A Simulation Analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

Dilemmas of Civilian Participation in Military Deterrence and Defence: Legal and Ethical Dimensions

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Boom and Bust of Donor Development Regimes

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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