Best practice guidelines on surgical response in disasters and humanitarian emergencies: Report of the 2011 humanitarian action summit working group on surgical issues within the humanitarian space

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 429-437

  Chackungal, Smita ^a,b   Nickerson, Jason W ^c   Knowlton, Lisa M ^b,d   Black, Lynn ^e   Burkle, Frederick M ^b   Casey, Kathleen ^f   Crandell, David ^g   Demey, Didier ^h   Di Giacomo, Lillian ^i,j   Dohlman, Lena ^e   Goldstein, Joshua ^k   Gosney Jr , James E ^l   Ikeda, Keita ^m   Linden, Allison ^n,o   Mullaly, Catherine M ^e   O'Connell, Colleen ^p   Redmond, Anthony D ^q   Richards, Adam ^r,s   Rufsvold, Robert ^t   Santos, Ana L R ^u   Skelton, Terri ^v   McQueen, Kelly ^b,w   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Operation Giving Back American College of Surgns   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h Physical Therapist Technical Advisor for Emergency and Rehabilitation Handicap International   (Belgium)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Handicap International   (United States)

^m DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^o GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s Global Health Access Program   (United States)

^t Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute University of Manchester ^*  (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^u DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^w Valley Anesthesiology Consultants Ltd   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Disaster medicine; Humanitarian emergencies; Surgical burden of disease; Surgical standards; Trauma rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

ALTRUISM; BENCHMARKING; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84864565356     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12000064     Document Type: Article

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