Prehospital
and Disaster Medicine
VOLUME 17, NUMBER 2
April - June 2002
Table of Contents
Editor's Corner
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine: Roles and Responsibilities .
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Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD
Origninal Research
Health of Displaced Albanian
Kosovars in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Fitness
toTravel and Health Outcomes Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Douglas W. MacPherson MD,MSc(CTM), FRCPC; Jacqueline E. M.Weekers MPH;
Thomas F
O'Rourke MD; Cecilia Stiles; Brian D. Gushulak MD
Emergency Health and Risk Management
in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Lesson from the Embassy
Bombings in Tanzania and Kenya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Zoanne A. Clack, MD; Mark E. Keim, MD; Anthony G. Macintyre, MD; Kevin
Yeskey, MD
Frail Elderly as Disaster Victims:
Emergency Management Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Lauren S. Fernandez, MS; Deana Byard, BA; Chien-Chih Lin, BA; Samuel Benson,
AEMT-P;
Joseph A. Barbera, MD
Can the "Golden Hour of
Shock" Safely Be Extended in Blunt Polytrauma Patients? Prospective
Cohort Study at a Level I Hospital in Eastern Switzerland . . . . . . . .
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Joseph J. Osterwalder, MD,MPH
Psychological Distress Following
Urban Earthquakes in California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Linda B. Bourque, PhD; Judith M. Siegel, PhD; Kimberley I. Shoaf, DrPH
Description of Ambulance Diversions
in the Edmonton Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sunil Sookram, MD, FRCP(C); Kent Riddle REMT-P; Eddie Chang MD, FRCP(C);
Terry Sosnowski, MD, FRCP(C)
Resuscitation for Patients with Out-of-Hospital
Cardiac Arrest: Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Ghee Hian Lim, MD, MBBS, FRCSEd; Eillyne Seow,MD, MBBS, FRCSEd, FAMS
Brief Reports
Rapid On-Site Defibrillation Versus
the Community Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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J.C. Fedoruk, BA, LlB, MD, CCFP (EM), FACEP, FCLM; D. Paterson, BSc, MSc,
MD; M. Hlynka, PhD;
K.Y. Fung, PhD; Michael Gobet, EMCA, RN, EMAIII;Wayne Currie, PAD Coordinator
Mortality in Land-Mine Accidents
in Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Hameed Reza Jahunlu, MD; Hans Husum, MD; Torben Wisborg, MD, DEAA
Continuing Education
Frederick C. Cuny Memorial Series
Disasters and Development:
Part I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Rob S. Stephenson, Charles DuFrane
Instructions for Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Guidelines for Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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