The World Trade Center Attack: The paramedic response: an insider's view

The World Trade Center attack and collapse is the first time an aircraft has been used as a weapon of mass effect. The scale and magnitude of this manmade disaster can only be compared with a natural catastrophe such as the Armenian earthquake of December 1988. The importance of an incident command...

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Autor principal: Cook, Louis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11737911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1054
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description The World Trade Center attack and collapse is the first time an aircraft has been used as a weapon of mass effect. The scale and magnitude of this manmade disaster can only be compared with a natural catastrophe such as the Armenian earthquake of December 1988. The importance of an incident command system and the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment, and the need for fixed Casualty Collection Points, is explained.
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spelling pubmed-1373732003-02-27 The World Trade Center Attack: The paramedic response: an insider's view Cook, Louis Crit Care Review The World Trade Center attack and collapse is the first time an aircraft has been used as a weapon of mass effect. The scale and magnitude of this manmade disaster can only be compared with a natural catastrophe such as the Armenian earthquake of December 1988. The importance of an incident command system and the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment, and the need for fixed Casualty Collection Points, is explained. BioMed Central 2001 2001-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC137373/ /pubmed/11737911 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1054 Text en Copyright © 2001 BioMed Central Ltd
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