Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
(http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu)
October – December 2002
VOLUME 17, NUMBER 4
Table of Contents
Editor’s Corner
More Giant Steps .
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Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD
Original Research
Rapid Epidemiological Assessment of Health Status in Displaced Populations—
An Evolution toward Standardized Minimum Essential Data Sets . . .
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David A. Bradt, MD,MPH, FACEM, FAFPHM, FAAEM; Christina M. Drummond, MBBS,
DObst(RCOG), DTM&H, FRACP, MPH, MAE, FAFPHM
The Gujarat Earthquake (2001) Experience in a Seismically Unprepared
Area:
Community Hospital Medical Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Nobhojit Roy, MS; Hemant Shah, MD,MS; Vikas Patel, MA, MD; R. Richard Coughlin,
MD
Effects on Local Emergency Departments of Large-Scale Urban Chemical
Fire
With Hazardous Materials Spill . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Edbert B. Hsu, MD,MPH; Jurek G. Grabowski, MPH; Rashid A. Chotani, MD,MPH;
Jason A.Winslow, MD; Donald W. Alves, MD; Michael J. VanRooyen, MD, MPH
Locations of Cardiac Arrest: Affirmation for Community Public Access
Defibrillation (PAD) Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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J.C. Fedoruk BA, LLB, MD, CCFP (EM), FACEP, FCLM;Wayne L. Currie, PAD Coordinator;
Meikel Gobet, EMCA, RN, EMA-III
Population Density and Occurrence of Accidents in Finland .. . . .
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Seppo Nieminen, MD; Olli-Pekka Lehtonen, MD; Miika Linna
Doctor-based Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Course:
An Alternative to the Conventional Approach . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Lam Kin-kwan, MRCP, FRCS, FHKAM; Lau Fei-lung, MRCP, FRCS, FHKAM;
Chan Wai-kwong, FRCP, FRCP, FHKAM; Leung Kai-Shing, FRCS;
Chan Tsan-fai, MRCP, FHKCP, FHKAM
Supplements
Abstracts of Scientific and Invited Papers
13th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Melbourne Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Supplement
2
Health and Disaster Management
Guidelines for Evaluation and Research in the Utstein Style
Volume 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Supplement
3
Task Force of Quality Control of Disaster Management,WADEM and the Nordic
Society for Disaster Medicine
Index to Volume 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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