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Pre-Hospital Planning

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Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine

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The biggest threats to humanitarian workers in the field are from injury and illness. People deploying from a developed society are used to being able to call for and receive help easily when they are in difficulties.

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Further Reading

  • Kuehl A. Prehospital systems and medical oversight. 2nd ed. Mosby Year Book, 1994. St. Louis: Mosby, 1994. ISBN 0 8016 6580 9.

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  • International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Hospitals for war wounded: a practical guide. Geneva: ICRC, 1998. ISBN 2 88145 094 6.

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  1. Cara Macnab
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  2. Peter F. Mahoney
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  1. Leonard Cheshire Centre of Conflict Recovery, Royal Free and University College Medical School Academic Division of Surgical Specialties, 4 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BT

    James Ryan MB, BCh, BAO, MCh, FRCS, DMCC, FFAEM (Hon) (Leonard Cheshire Professor), Peter F. Mahoney TD, MSc, FRCA, FFARCSI, FIMC, RCS (Edin), DMCC (Honorary Senior Lecturer) & Ian Greaves MB, ChB, MRCP (UK), DMCC, DipIMCRCS (Ed) (Honorary Senior Lecturer) (Leonard Cheshire Professor),  (Honorary Senior Lecturer) &  (Honorary Senior Lecturer)

  2. Southampton General Hospital, Trenoma Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD

    Gavin Bowyer MB, BCh, MChir, FRCS(Orth) (Consultant in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate, Directorate of Orthopaedics) (Consultant in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate, Directorate of Orthopaedics)

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Macnab, C., Mahoney, P.F. (2002). Pre-Hospital Planning. In: Ryan, J., Mahoney, P.F., Greaves, I., Bowyer, G. (eds) Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0215-1_13

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0215-1_13

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