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Critical Care
Data on critical care reported by M.D. Christian and co-researchers
June 24th, 2008
According to a study from Toronto, Canada, "In the twentieth century, rarely have mass casualty events yielded hundreds or thousands of critically ill patients requiring definitive critical care. However, future catastrophic natural disasters, epidemics or pandemics, nuclear device detonations, or large chemical exposures may change usual disaster epidemiology and require a large critical care response." "This article reviews the existing state of emergency preparedness for mass critical illness and presents an analysis of limitations to support the suggestions of the Task Force on Mass Casualty Critical Care, which are presented in subsequent articles. Baseline...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-24)
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