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When there is a rush of injured persons caused by an accident or disaster, the chances of survival as well as the possibility of recovering depend on when the first qualified medical attention is given. As the reaction on the part on the public health service is frequently neither planned nor trained, its first phase is often characterized by many random incidents. Measures planned for each therapy to deal with the sequelae of disasters can as a rule become fully effective only a few hours later, since the alarm of the different forces for direction and operation (German Red Cross, civil defence, army) and their coordination require time.
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Scheidler, K. (1980). Immediate Reaction of the Health Service in a Disaster. In: Frey, R., Safar, P. (eds) Types and Events of Disasters Organization in Various Disaster Situations. Disaster Medicine, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67093-0_31
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