Integrated emergency management for mass casualty emergencies : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Training Course on Integrated Emergency Management for Mass Casualty Emergencies organized by CESPRO, University of Florence, Italy

Integrated emergency management for mass casualty emergencies : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Training Course on Integrated Emergency Management for Mass Casualty Emergencies organized by CESPRO, University of Florence, Italy / edited by David Alexander, Emanuela Masini, and Laura Mugnai.

Responses to major disasters tend to be complex, not merely because of the size and scale of operations and the number of countries and agencies involved, but also because of the range of functions represented by these organizations. A full-scale emergency response can involve people trained in at l...

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Corporate Authors: NATO Advanced Training Course on Integrated Emergency Management for Mass Casualty Emergencies Florence, Italy, IOS Press
Other Authors: Alexander, David (David E.) (Editor), Masini, Emanuela (Editor), Mugnai, Laura (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2013.
Series:NATO science for peace and security series. Human and societal dynamics ; vol. 113.
Subjects:
Emergency management > Congresses.
MEDICAL > Emergency Medicine.
Emergency management
Conference papers and proceedings
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Summary:Responses to major disasters tend to be complex, not merely because of the size and scale of operations and the number of countries and agencies involved, but also because of the range of functions represented by these organizations. A full-scale emergency response can involve people trained in at least 35 different disciplines and professions. This increasing sophistication of modern emergency response makes the process of coordination a particularly challenging one. It involves matching urgent needs with available resources in the most rapid and efficient way possible: timely mobilization an.
Item Description:International conference proceedings.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781614993117
1614993114
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (IOS Press, viewed November 4, 2013).
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