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Abstract Responses included the Civil Defence Force utilising helicopters to supply
medications and NZ Defence Force Unimogsl taking patients to hospital and rural …

On the night of June 27th, 2015, a tragedy occurred while young people were celebrating
the start of their summer break at the Formosa Fun Water Park in New Taipei City, Taiwan. At …

28 JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY NURSING 31: 1 February 2005 supposed to hit just north of
Tampa as a Category 1 or 2 (winds of 96-110 mph) and it was not until about an hour before …

Background We experience our lives as a series of memorable moments, some good and
some bad. Undoubtedly, the experience of participating in disaster response, is likely to …

Conclusion Research into disaster nursing highlights how the nursing process guides the
practice of care for multiple types of victims and should prepare nurses for various …

In the village of Calang, where 70% of the population was lost, disaster preparedness
became a major goal. While I was there, the entire community engaged in its first-ever full …

Dear Editor: I am currently preparing Disaster Nursing: Stories from the Field and am
seeking letters, manuscripts, and short stories for this volume. Submission of photographs …

As an ED manager in a level 1 trauma center, I read the September 2014 article “Surviving
the dark night: The Aurora, Colorado, mass shootings” 1 with great interest. Mass casualty …

In June 2008, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a city of more than 124,000 people, experienced several
days of torrential rain that caused the river to rise to unprecedented levels. The disastrous …