Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
VOLUME 17, NUMBER 3
July – September 2002
Table of Contents
Editor’s Corner
Disaster Medicine: Status, Roles, Responsibilities, and Needs . . . . . . .
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Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD
Origninal Research
Instrument Development and Evaluation of
Domestic Preparedness Training
for First Responders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Randal D. Beaton, PhD, EMT; L. Clark Johnson, PhD
Post-flood Epidemics of Infectious
Diseases in Mozambique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Hisayoshi Kondo MD; Norimasa Seo M.D PhD; Tadashi Yasuda M.D PhD; Masahiro
Hasizume MD;
Yuichi Koido M.D. PhD; Norifumi Ninomiya MD, PhD; Yasuhiro Yamamoto MD, PhD
First-aid Training and Bystander
Actions at Traffic Crashes — A Population Study . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Eva M. Larsson, MD; Niklas L. Mårtensson; Kristina A.E. Alexanderson,
PhD
Effectiveness of a Glasgow Coma
Scale Instructional Video for EMS Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.142
Peter L. Lane,MD, FRCPC; Amado Alejandro Báez, MD, MSc;
Thomas Brabson, DO, FACOEP, FACEP; David D. Burmeister, DO; John J. Kelly, DO,
FACEP
Mass Gathering Events: Retrospective
Analysis of Patient Presentations over Seven Years at an
Agricultural and Horticultural Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Kathryn M. Zeitz, MN; David P.A. Schneider, BN; Dannielle Jarrett, BN; Christopher
J. Zeitz, PhD
Comprehensive Review
Mass-Gathering Medical Care: A
Review of the Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Andrew M. Milsten, MD,MS; Brian J. Maguire, MSA, EMT-P; Rick A. Bissell,
PhD;
Kevin G. Seaman, MD, FACEP
Brief Report
Ukranian’s Disaster Medicine
Team Mission to India following the Earthquake of 2001 . . . . . . . . . .163
George G. Roshchin, MD; Oleg V. Mazurenko, MD
Prehospital Interventions: On-scene-Time
and Ambulance-Technicians’ Experience . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Hans O. Birk,MS; Lars O. Henriksen, MD
Fred C. Cuny Memorial Continuing Education Series
Disasters and Development:
Part 2:Understanding and Exploiting Disaster-Development Linkages...170
Rob S. Stephenson, Charles DuFrane
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