Disaster triage : evidence, consistency and standard practice
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03/06/2012
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| Resumo |
Triage has military origins, with the initial purpose being to direct care to those most likely to be able to return to the battlefield. Conversely, modern disaster triage attempts to ensure both the prioritisation of care for those who need it most and a fair distribution of resources, so that health responders are able to ‘do the most for the most’... |
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc |
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DOI:10.1111/j.1742-6723.2012.01574.x Aitken, Peter & FitzGerald, Gerard (2012) Disaster triage : evidence, consistency and standard practice. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 24(3), pp. 222-224. |
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© 2012 The Authors. EMA © 2012 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine |
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Centre for Emergency & Disaster Management; Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Public Health & Social Work |
| Palavras-Chave | #111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified #disaster triage #triage assessments #CEDM |
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Journal Article |
