Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
11th World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine
Free Paper Session Topics and Abstracts

Presidential Address
Steven J. Rottman, MD, FACEP
President, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)

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Quality Management of Emergency Medical Services

An Overview of Current Approaches to Quality in Health Services
Naruo Uehara
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Quality Improvement for Emergency Medicine in Australia
Peter Alistair Cameron
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Effects of a Comprehensive Quality Management on Reduction of Emergency Patient Processing Time
Dong Pill Lee
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Quality Management of Emergency Medical Service in Japan
Kimitaka Tajimi
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Current Initiatives on CQI of Emergency Medical Services in the United States
James J. Loftus
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Technology

Hospitals and Year 2000 Computer Compliance: An Unforeseen Disaster
David Jaslow, Jodi Jones, Arthur Papacostas
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Factors that Affect Information Management During Hospital Disasters
David Jaslow, Jodi Jones, Arthur Papacostas
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Light Guidance in the Darkness of Disaster Situations
Mattila Matti A.K., Hatjasalo Leo
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Telemedical Support Onboard a Large Passenger Ferry-Experiences from M/S Stena Germanica
Per Örtenwall, Annika Hedelin
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Trauma

Medical Assortment of Patients with Multiple and Combined Trauma
Pushkov Anatoly
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An Analysis of 129 Trauma Victims Transferred to an Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center in a Middle Size City
Takahisa Kawashima, Nobuo Kaku
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Trauma Outcome: Review of Results in an Urban Hospital in Southern Pakistan
Hasnain Zafar, Fuad Abid, Asad Jamil Raja, Mushtaq Armed, Faheem Nanajani, Yousuf Kamal Mirza
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Surgical Tactics in the Treatment of the Injured with Multiple Mechanical Trauma
Brusov Pavel G.
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Pre-hospital and Initial In-hospital Trauma Care: Evaluation of a European Model
Delooz Herman, M. Sabbe, L. Van Camp, E. Dhondt, P. Vanderschot, P. Broos
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Preparedness of Disaster

Major Chemical Accidents in Russia (Preparedness, Cooperation)
Preobrazhensky Victor N., K.V. Lyadov
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Japanese New Disaster Relief Ship "OSUMI"
Takahiro Shiozaki
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Police Medical Support in Hong Kong
Robert Anthony Cocks, Siu-Kau Tong
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Shock for Everybody
Stana Jiri
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Management Technologies in the System of Emergency Prevention
Sergei Goncharov F., G. Kipor V.
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Hospital in Disaster

Who's In Charge for the Treatment of Disasters and Victims of Emergencies?
Ahmed Sabry Ammar
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The Role of the Teaching Hospital in Subacute Phase of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Kazutoshi Kuboyama, Kazumasa Yoshinaga, Manabu Kirita, Munehiko Ohya, Hidenari Matsumoto, Katsushi Hosohara, Seishiro Marukawa
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The Geotechnical Risk Analysis of Hospitals in Kobe City Using a Geographic Information System
Isao Kamae, Naoki Ohboshi, Munetaka Maekawa, Noboru Ishii, Shinichi Nakayama, Nobuyuki Torii, Yasuo Tanaka, Takashi Okimura
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Injury Control: A Role for Occupational Medicine in Hospital Disaster Response
David Jaslow, Jodi J. Jones, Debbera Peoples
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Model Emergency Department Plan in Support of Disaster Relief Efforts in an Urban Community: A Review of Emergency Department Plans of Public Hospitals in Singapore
Francis Lee Chun Yue, V. Anantaraman
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Trauma II

Serial AKBR Measurement after Hemorrhagic Shock Enables Us to Understand the Degree of Hepatic Mitochondrial Damage
Toshio Nakatani, Nobuaki Matsuo, Takashi Ishihara, Shigeru Hakoto, Akihiko Hirakawa, Hisanori Fukui, Seiichiro Kanzaki, Kenji Nakatani, Kunio Kobayashi
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Socio-Economic Impact of Stab and Gunshot Wounds: A Descriptive Study on Patients Admitted at Manila Central University Hospital from October 01, 1997 to October 31, 1998.
Paul Arnel Andres, Ponciano M. Bernardo Jr.
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Splenic Preservation Using a Harmonic Scalpel and Linear Stapler
Makoto Mitsusada, Hiroshi Arai, Hirotoshi Egawa, Tatsuro Wakayama, Nobunori Koga
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Heat Injuries - The Saf Experience
Lim Ghee Hian
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Recurrent Trauma - Its Implication
Kwo-Syin Wang, Li-Hua Lu, Chang-Chen Chang, Kwo-Sang Chang
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Preparedness of Disaster II

Changes in the Disaster Medical System in Korea- The Changes that Occurred after the Recent Major Urban Disasters-
Chul Gyu Moon, Sung Hyuk Choi, Jun Dong Moon, Sung Woo Lee, Yun Sik Hong
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Survey of State Level Catastrophic Casualty Management Plans in the United States of America
Nancy J. Bowen, Ernesto A. Pretto
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Medical Aspects of the Montserrat Volcanic Crisis, 1995-98
Peter J. Baxter
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Neurosurgical Interventions in Emergencies and Disasters
Ahmed Sabry Ammar
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Developing an Earthquake Strategic Plan for British Columbia
M. Wayne Greene
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Community Based Disaster Medical and Health Support to Formal Emergency Medical Services
Eric W. Williams
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Coordinating Efforts Against Anti-Personnel Landmines

Mine Victims Assistance: Prehospital Care Training
Pierre Bwale
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Medical Support for Humanitarian Landmine Clearance
Eddie Chaloner
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Coordinating Efforts Against Anti Personnel Landmines as WADEM
Ronald D. Stewart

Recent Surgical Treatment for Land-mine Injuries
Stephen Mannion

Modern Technology for the Removal of Land Mines
Hiroshi Tomita
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Children, Disasters and Wars

Problems of Children in Disaster and Wars in the World
Leonid M. Roshal
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The Status of Emergency Medical Service System of Children in Japan
Tsuneo Tsuruhara

Treatment of Children with Severe Compression Trauma
R. A. Keshicshyan, Leonid M. Roshal, L. B. Puzhitstky
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Children in Disaster
Kenneth Hines, Wendy Hines Msc
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Disaster Management of Pediatric Casualties
Frederick M. Burkle

Earthquake in Armenia - 10 Years Afterward
George Mhoyan, Garen Koloyan
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Rehabilitation of Disabled Children Who Suffered During Earthquakes
Veadimiz M. Rozinov, Spivak B.G., Nikogosian R.V.
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Rehabilitation of Children with Crush Syndrome
V. P. Molochniy, A. A. Drogomeretskiy, F. V. Shchepilov, A. E. Rudenco, A. G. Ricov, T. K. Rogatsevich, A. S. Ganich, M. J. Rudenco
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Complex Disaster

Advance, Deployment and Organization of Activity of Field Multiprofile Hospital(FMH) in Local Armed Conflicts
Irina A. Nazarova
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Effect of a Refugee Crisis on District Health Care: A Case Study from Karagwe District, Tanzania
Monica Andersson
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Contribution to the Study of International Law Concerning Natural and Technologic Disasters: Problems Posed by Unidentified Patients Crossing National Boundaries after Large-Scale Disasters
Jean Marie Fonrouge, S. William A. Gunn
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Identification File and Guidelines for Identifying Disaster Victims Before Evacuations
Bogdan Florèa, Isabelle Mons, Jean Marie Fonrouge
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Complex Emergency and its Health Impact in Indonesia
Bagus Mulyadi
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15 Multi-Casualty Incidents Caused by Terrorist Bombing Explosions - Treated by Magen David Adom in Israel
Zvi Feigenberg
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The Nairobi Bombing: The Israeli Medical Team Experience
Mauricio Lynn, U. Farkash, R. Maor, A. Abargel, Y. Levy, A. Eldad
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Lessons Learned from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Quake

A Survey of the Emergency Medical Requirements following the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. An Overview of Morbidity and Mortality of Hospitalized Patients after a Major Urban Disaster
Hiroshi Tanaka
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Complex Systems in Crisis: The Great Hanshin Earthquake, January 17, 1995
Louise K. Comfort
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Disaster Preparedness in Osaka : A Role and Relationship of the Core Medical Institutes in a Disaster
Toshiharu Yoshioka
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Overviews of Bio-Psycho-Social Problems after the Hanshin Awaji Earthquake: Report from Kobe University School of Medicine
Naotaka Shinfuku
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The Hanshin/Awaji Earthquake and Dental Care
Yoshihiro Tanaka, Mineo Kawai, Ryohei Adachi, Masahiro Furutani, Masanobu Ohnishi, Kiyoshi Tatemichi
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Flood Disaster

Consideration of Social Property on the Disaster Medicine on Flood and Waterlogging
Gong Xu-Lun
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A Clinical Analysis of Hospitalized Patients During the Flood in Uijungbu City
Eunyong Rue
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Facing Disasters: Hurricane Mitch: The Costa Rican Experience
Daniel E. Rodríguez, Mario Saenz
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Domestic Disaster Relief Activities in the Japanese Red Cross Society
Nobuyuki Suzuki, Mutuhiko Ouwaki, Toshiharu Maxima, Yutaka Tanaka
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Prehospital Care

Mobile ICU for Transport of Critically Ill - The Whangarei Experience
Ramesh Nagappan, Neville Maiden, Tom Riddell, Janet Barker, Sarah Lindsay
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The Importance of Measurement of End-Tidal CO2 in Prehospital Care
Pokorna' Milana, Knor Jiri
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Pre-Hospital Care Provision by Accident and Emergency Department Teams in England
Judith Fisher
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Integrated Rescue System in the Czech Republic
Petr Zelnícek
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Video Session

Comparison of the Materials Used in Chest Wall Reconstruction for Flail Chest
Kazuma Tsukioka, T. Kim, K. Akitzuki, Y. Satake, H. Ujino, T. Ihara, T. Miyaichi, H. Rinnka, M. Kann, T. Shigemoto, T. Yoshimura, A. Kaji
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"Disaster Management" - the New US Standard
Gunnar J. Kuepper
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Automatic Advisory Defibrillator
Jean Marie Fonrouge
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International Repatriation

Setting Up a United Nations Dispensary: Challenges and Solutions
Demetrios G. Pyrros

Establishing Aeromedical Evacuation Procedures for UN Personnel in Isolated Areas
Demetrios G. Pyrros

Emergency Medical Evacuation Program for Expatriates in Russia
Tom Löfstedt, Juhani Missonen
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A Historical Review of the Aeromedical Evacuation of Emergency Patients in Japan
Masahiro Takiguchi
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Disaster Mental Health in Asian Countries

Disaster Mental Health in Asian Countries-Towards Culture Friendly Care
Naotaka Shinfuku
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Cultural Diversity in Mental Health Disaster Assistance in the United States: Consideration of Services to Asian Americans
Reiko Homma True
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Mental Health in Disaster: The Philippine Experience
Eleanor L. Ronquillo
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Prevalence and Predictors of Post-Earthquake PTSD: Findings from a Randomly Selected Community Sample in North China
Wang Xiangdong
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Mental Health Effects Following Man-made Toxic Disasters: The Sarin Attack and the Arsenic Poisoning Case
Nozomu Asuki
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Mental Health Program for the Victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in Japan: The Strategies and the Activities
Hiroshi Katoh
Commentator: Yoshiharu Kim
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Air Ambulance

The First Steps of Air Rescue: The History of Air Rescue
Gabor Gion
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Analysis of Emergency Aeromedical Transport in Taipei-VGH
Lee-Min Wang, Chen-Shen Lee
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Norwegian Air Ambulance- A Concept for Integrated Helicopter Emergency Medical Systems(HEMS)
Jannicke Mellin-Olsen
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Feasibility of Implementing Helicopter Emergency Medical Systems- Example from Egypt
Jannicke Mellin-Olsen
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Helicopter in Transit Care of the Critically ill - Ten Year Experience from Whangarei, New Zealand
Ramesh Nagappan, Neville Maiden, Tom Riddell, Janet Barker, Sarah Lindsay, Grant Pennycock, Reginald Ellwood
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One Year of Medical Evacuation Flights in Greece: Analysis of Personal Data
Demetrios G. Pyrros

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Environmental and Nuclear Disaster

Haze '97 - A New Type of Disaster
V. Anantharaman
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Haze and the Body
Lim Ghee Hian
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Tasks of Disaster Medicine Service in Radiation Accidents
Grigory Avetisov, Grachev M.I., Stlidovkin G.D., Frolov G.P.

Disaster and Emergency Medical Systems in Nuclear Plant Accidents in Japan
Yoshikura Haraguchi, Y. Tomoyasu, T. Arai
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The Istanbul Straits - An Opportunity for Trade or a Potential for a Major Disaster?
Mustafa Ataç, Resat Özkan, Ziya Bülent
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorders

Disaster Stress Reactions
Katsumasa An
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Psychological Responses of Disaster Workers and Intervention for Secondary Disaster Victims
Keiji Iwaj
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Critical Incident Stress Debriefing for Emergency Personnel
Reiko Homma True
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Planning and Pursuance of Disaster Mental Health Activities
Katsuro Aso
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Psychological Effects of Disaster in Children
Kiwamu Tanaka
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Management for Alcohol-related Problems after Natural Disaster in the case of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Tetsuro Noda
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Disaster Epidemiology

The Risk Factors of Crush Syndrome Patients for Renal Failure, Hemodialysis, and Death
Noriaki Aoki, J. Robert Beck, Ernesto A. Pretto, Katsuhiko Sugimoto, Jun Oda, Hiroshi Tanaka, Toshiharu Yoshioka, Tsuguya Fukai
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Volume Resuscitation Therapy for Crush Syndrome Patients Following a Large Earthquake
Noriaki Aoki, Shizuko Nagata, J. Robert Beck, Ernesto A. Pretto, Katsuhiko Sugimoto, Jun Oda, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yoshiharu Yoshioka, Tsuguya Fukui
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Estimation and Reduction of Casualties in the Buildings under Earthquakes
Mark A. Klyachko, Tatyana V. Markacheva
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Simulation for Estimating Timing of Influenza Vaccination for Disaster Refugees with Decision Analytic Approach
Munetaka Maekawa, Naoki Ohboshi, Isao Kamae
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Snow-Slide Accident With 41 Cases of Sudden Death
Ren-Da Lu
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrests in the Northern Part of Osaka Prefecture: Utstein Style Reporting in Japan
Yasuyuki Hayashi, H. Akashi, M. Ohta, A. Hiraide, T. Hayakata, H. Sugimoto, I. Nishihara, H. Morita, A. Fujiwara
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Retrospective Analysis of Cardiac Arrest for the Last Fifteen Years in King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed A. Seraj, Magboul M. A., Mounir Attia
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Factors Influencing Survival After Out-of-hospital Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest in Japan
Koichi Tanigawa, Keiichi Tanaka, Akio Shigematsu
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Mass CPR Teaching as a Method of Instilling Confidence and Comfort in the Performance of CPR Skills
Azhar Abdul Aziz
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Emergency Lifeguards in Japan Improve Outcome of Out-of-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Arrest Derived from Heart Disease in Tokorozawa City and the Surrounding Area
Daizoh Saitoh, Toshihisa Sakamoto, Naoyuki Kaneko, Motoki Chouno, Yutaka Morikouchi, Yoshiaki Okada
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Education and Training

Education and Training of Physicians in Emergency Medicine in the Czech Republic
Jirí Pokorný
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Ethical Considerations of Models for Teaching Emergency Medicine
Vicken Yuriko Totten
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Management of Mass Casualties From Traffic Accidents in the City
Hong-Qi Zhang
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The Evaluation of EMSS For Burn Patients in Osaka Prefecture
Hiroaki Ujino, K. Akizuki, Y. Satake, T. Ihara, T. Miyaichi, T. Kim, H. Rinka, M. Kan, T. Shigemoto, T. Yoshimura, A. Kaji, K. Tsukoka, T. Ukai
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Emergency Medicine Models: International / Mexico 1998.
Armando Iturbe Fuentes
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Medical Response Against Terrorism

Epidemiological and Medical Aspects of Terrorism
Mauricio Lynn
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Medical Response against Terrorism: Training and Education
Henry J. Siegelson
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Medical Response to Biological Terrorism
Jeffrey Arnold
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The Role of Poison Information Center at the Chemical Disaster Including Terrorisms
Noriyoshi Ohashi

Non Conventional Warfare: Health Policy at the National Level
Yeheskel Levi, Asher Winder, Boaz Tadmor, Ronen Durst, Arieh Eldad
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Prevention and Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties
Boaz Tadmor, Nir Marcus, Shlomo Givoni, Asher Winder
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Acute Poisoning - Detection and Identification of Unknown Poisonous Substance from Patient Material

Mass Foodborne Poisoning Incidents: Clinical and Screening Laboratory Data May Differentiate Cyanide from Arsenic Poisoning
Alan H. Hall
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Detection and Identification of Unknown Poisonous Substances - A Poisons Centre Perspective
Per Kulling
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Intoxication of Arsenic Mixed in Curry in Wakayama
Masahiro Shinozaki
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An Emergency Network for the Treatment of Mass Poison Plot: How the Capabilities of the Japan Poison Information Center has been Reinforced to Deal with the Crime Involving Poisonous Substances?
Toshiharu Yoshioka
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Detection and Identification of Unknown Poisonous Substances from Patient Material: the Experience of the Chemical Incident Response Service, London
Virginia Murray
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The Efficacy of Internet in Disaster Computer Program

Megacity Network: Capacity Building, Transfer and Share of Knowledge and Health Information
Saiedeh von Keitz
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The Disaster Manual in a Multi-Media Style
Genro Ochi, Kenji Nitta, Morishige Tanaka, Shinnya Fukumkoto, Soichi Maekawa, Yoichi Shirakawa
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Disaster Telemedicine- Part I: The Evolving Role of Telemedicine and Telecommunications in Disaster Response
Frederick M. Burkle, Victoria Garshnek
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Disaster Telemedicine- Part II: Future Applications of Telemedicine and Telecommunications in Disaster Medicine
Victoria Garshnek, Frederick M. Burkle
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Are You Prepared to Make Tactical Decisions? -Training Using Computer Aided Simulation
Matti A.K. Mattila
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Natural Approach to Ophthalmological Aid in Disasters
Petriashvili George G., Gundorova R.A.
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Eye Burns in Disasters Caused by Fire
Chentsova E. V., Petriashvili George G.
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Burn Disasters from a Propane Gas Explosion
Meng-Jung Chen
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Primitive But Practical: Stamping-Bellows for Artificial Ventilation
Nobuo Fuke, Kazuyuki Serata, Takashi Maeda
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Experience With an Indoor Telephone Exercise on Disaster Preparedness Training : A Preliminary Report
Chih-Hsien Chi, Wen-Hsing Chao, Ming-Che Tsai
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The Role of the Internet in Earthquake Disaster
Yoshio Murayama
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Solitary Deaths in Temporary Housing Units in the Areas Affected by the Southern Hyogo Earthquake
Yasuhiro Ueno, Migiwa Asano, Hideyuki Nushida, Junko Adachi, Yoshitsugu Tatsuno
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Who is a Trauma Surgeon? What Does He Do?

Who is a Trauma Surgeon? What Does He Do?
M. S. Huang
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Who is a Trauma Surgeon in the Philippines?
Alfred T. Ramirez
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Trauma Surgery in Germany
Lothar Kinzl, F. Gebhard
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Trauma Surgeons in Japan
Kunio Kobayashi
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Educational Model of Disaster Medicine

Medical Disaster Response: An Educational Model for the Management of Earthquake Victims
Carl H. Schultz
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Training on Disaster Medicine in the Philippines and the Western Pacific Region
Arturo M. Pesigan
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Education for Major Accidents and Disasters in Sweden
Karl Axel Norberg
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Significance and the Future of Disaster Education in a Hospital
Yoshikura Haraguchi, Yozo Tomoyasu, Hosei Nishi, Takashi Arai
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International Relief Activities

Experience in Treating Victims Following the Tidal Wave in Papua New Guinea
Yuichi Koido, Yasushi Asari, Ken Nakamura, Motoshi Yamamoto, Takao Kunno, Megumi Otsuka, Yutaka Kanazawa Takayuki Arai, Mitsuharu Nishimura Toshiaki Furuta
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Medical Relief for Remote Rural Communities - The Republic of Singapore Navy Experience
Gregory Chan Chung Tsing, Francis Lee
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The Action of the Japan Disaster Relief Team for Nicaragua in Hurricane Mitch
Hisayoshi Kondo, Fumie Takagi, Katuhiko Sugimoto, Yuishi Koido, Norifumi Ninomiya, Yasuhiro Yamamoto
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Management in Emergencies
Guennady Kipor V., S. Goncharov F.
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Humanitarian Relief Experts (HUREX) in Japan
Norifumi Ninomiya, Masaki Kaneda, Naruo Uehara, Yasuhide Nakamura, Osamu Kunii, Tatsue Yamazaki, Mariko Ohara, Kenji Nishizawa, Yasuhiro Yamamoto
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Disaster Situation in the Western Pacific Region-from the Most Disaster Prone Area-
Shigeki Asahi, Arturo M. Pesigan, Lilia M. Reyes
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The Management of Disaster with a Case Report on Tsunami Disaster in Flores
Karjadi Wirjoaimodjo
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The Spaso Technique in Reduction of Anterior Shoulder Dislocation in the Accident and Emergency Department of Kwong Wah Hospital (Hong Kong).
M. C. Yuen, P. G. Yad, Y. T. Chan, W. K. Tung
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Does Unreamed Nailing Prevent Pulmonary Fat Embolism?
Keiji Tanaka, Masateru Shindo, Kazui Soma, Mitsuhiro Hirata, Takashi Ohwada
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Trauma Scoring Systems Explained
Mohammed Hassan Fani-Salek
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Development of Right Internal Carotid Artery Transection with Fatality in a Head-injured Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
Chin-Wang Hsu, Ying-Hsin Chen, Hsaio-Dung Liu, Ming-Ying Liu
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Strategy for Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to the Obstruction of Left Main Trunk
Osamu Shigemitsu, Tetsuo Hamada, Shinji Miyamoto, Hirohumi Anai, Toru Soeda, Shogo Urabe, Tae-Song Lee, Eriko Iwata
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Association Between Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Gene Polymorphism and Acute Coronary Syndrome in Taiwan
Ying-Hsin Chen, Horng-Jyh Harn, Ming-Ying Liu
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The Pattern of Ambulance Arrivals in the Emergency Department of a General Hospital in Singapore - Is It Different from Walk-in Arrivals? What is the Impact?
Eillyne Seow, Wong Ho Poh
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Pre-Hospital Medical Treatment in the County of Östergötland, Sweden
Rune G. Blomberg, Björn Yanssson
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Mass Gathering

Mass Casualty in a Pop Music Concert Instead of Being a Programmed Event: Home Fair 1997, Lima-Peru
Moncerrat Orué Orué, Roberto Pretell Huaman
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Treat and Release: A New Approach to the Emergency Medical Needs of the Oldest Mass Gathering (The Pilgrimage)
Mowafag Al-Bayouk, Mohamed Seraj, Ibrahim Al-Yamani
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The Disco Fire in Göteborg, October 1998
Per Örtenwall, Annika Hedelin
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Medical Liaison Officers - A Useful Tool to Counteract Potential Hazards
Annika Hedelin, Per Örtenwall
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Gothenburg after the Great Discotheque Fire, 29 October 1998
Thore Wikström, Engarås B., Örtenwall P.
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Mass Flame Disasters: Rules of Stage Treatment
Gerasimova Larisa L., Putintsev A.
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The Template for Quality Assurance for Medical Responses to Disasters

Health Disaster Management Guidelines for Evaluation and Research in the Utstein Style
Knut Ole Sundnes, Marvin Birnbaum
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Analysis of Observed Patients in the Emergency Department of Taipei-VGH
Kuo-Fang Hsu, Lee-Min Wang, Chorng-Kuang How, Yu-Inn Leu, Chen-Hsen Lee
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Experience of Pre-ACLS Training Course in Taiwan
Shu-Mei Lin, Ying-Hsin Chen, Shi-Jye Chu, Hsaio-Dung Liu, Ming-Ying Liu
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Accelerated Clearance of Carbon Monoxide by Normocapnic Hyperpnea in Human Subjects
Akinori Takeuchi, Vesely A., Rucker J., Tesler J., Sommer L., Lavene A., Fedorko L., Iscoe S., Fisher J.A.
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Emergency Nursing Care in Penetrating Cardiac Injury
Yun-Ling Pan, Shu-Mei Lin, Ying-Hsin Chen, Hsung-Dung Liu, Ming-Ying Liu
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Tug-of War Not Only is a Game, but a Disaster
Bin Chou Lee, Dachen Chu, Wen Haw Wu
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Legal and Diplomatic Teaching to Doctors Who are Destinated to International Humanitarian Missions
Patricia Beniere
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Disaster Preparedness / The Role of the Nurse
Teresa Engel
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Northeastern North America Ice Storm Tests Disaster Medical Assistance Teams' Preparedness
Scott R. Fairfield, Alex P. Isakov, Gregory A. Volturo, Richard V. Aghababian
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Trauma III

Diagnosis and Treatment of Traumatic Disruption of Thoracic Aorta
Yasufumi Asai, Katsutoshi Tannno, Satoshi Nara, Kazuhisa Mori, Masashi Yoshida, Yasushi Itoh, Tetsuro Shoji, Masamitsu Kaneko
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Learning from the Diagnosis and Treatment Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Duan Zhi-Quan
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Severe Hydrazine Sulfate Toxicity Responding to Pyridoxine Therapy
Ramesh Nagappan, Tom Riddell
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Development of Iotrolan Test for the Diagnosis to Traumatic Rupture of the Duodenum
Hitoshi Takahashi, Katsuyuki Maruyama, Ikuhiro Sakata
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Hospital in Disaster II

Adaptation of the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS) for Use in a University Teaching Hospital
David Jaslow, Jodi J. Jones
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The Development of a Computer-aided Guideline System for Medical Disaster Response
Naoki Ohboshi
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The Significance of Establishment of the Network System Between Disaster Base Hospitals in Japan
Yoshikura Haraguchi, Y. Tomoyasu, T. Yoshioka, M. Ohta, Y. Yamamoto, T. Arai, H. Nishi
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An Intrasystem Transportation Plan for Hospital Evacuation
David Jaslow, Jodi J. Jones, Doug Cranmer, Neil Brady, Joseph Ukasik
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Y2K: Is Healthcare Ready?
K. Joanne McGlown
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Education and Training II

Managerial Decision-Making in Disaster Response
David Jaslow, Jodi J. Jones
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Possibilities for Application of Multimedia Technology for Rescue Training
Putintsev Alexander N., Shmeleva N., Gerasimova L.
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The Psychological Support program of the Japanese Red Cross Society - Introduction from International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies -
Toshiharu Makishima
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New Methods for Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Preobrazhensky Victor, K.V. Lyadov
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Field Decontamination in the Mental Health Activity in the Community Disaster
Yoshiharu Kim
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Methodology of Non-Traditional Triage
Frederick M. Burkle
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Global Concord for Mitigation of Acute Deaths

Global Concord for Mitigation of Acute Deaths as WHO
J. P. Menu

Global Concord for Mitigation of Acute Deaths as Red Cross Society
Terumitu Konoe

Global Concord for Mitigation of Acute Deaths as Japan International Cooperative Agency
Hideaki Abe
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Global Concord for the Mitigation of Acute Deaths in Disaster: Injury Prevention and Mitigation Strategies in Earthquakes
Ernesto A. Pretto
Commentator: S. W. A. Gunn (Former President of WADEM)
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Education and Training III

How Does Japan Bring Up Medical Professionals to Cope with Disaster Management and Relief?
Shinichi Nakayama, Hitoshi Matsuda, Yoshitomo Itoh, Noboru Ishii, Kazuko Iwata, Ryuko Ogino, Sumie Kaneko, Kazuo Kawasugi, Tetsuya Sakamoto, Mitsuo Shindoh, Kitoji Takuhiro, Toshinori Muyaichi, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Shigeki Asahi
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Disaster Training for Medical Students
Azhar Abdul Aziz
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Teaching Disaster Medicine in Belgium
Corneel Bellanger, M. Sabbe, M. Van Bouwelen, M. Debacker, H. Delooz
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Triage!! Triage!! Triage!!!(Not Treatment!!)
Wai Kwong Poon, Engarås B., Örtenwall P.
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Triage Tags and Disaster Drill -Analysis of Tags Used in Two Disaster Drills-
Takashi Ukai, T. Kai, N. Ninomiya, M. Kaneda, N. Ishii, S. Nakayama
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Triage Guidelines for Crush Syndrome Patients in Large Earthquakes Using Logistic Regression Models
Noriaki Aoki, J. Robert Beck, Ernesto A. Pretto, Katsuhiko Sugimoto, Jun Oda, Hiroshi Tanaka, Toshiharu Yoshioka, Tsuguya Fukai
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