Oster N S
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Mt Sinai J Med. 1997 Sep-Oct;64(4-5):323-8.
The American College of Emergency Physicians defines a medical disaster as occurring when the destructive effects of natural or man-made forces overwhelm the ability of a particular region to meet the demand for health care. The science of disaster medicine is continually improving, and significant progress has been made in defining how to provide a comprehensive response to disaster sites. The management of a disaster involves an activation phase, followed by the implementation and recovery phases. The success of each phase depends on coordinated on-site and off-site communication systems. This paper presents an overview of this new subspecialty and discusses the fundamental components of an effective disaster response.
美国急诊医师学会将医疗灾难定义为，当自然或人为力量的破坏作用超出特定地区满足医疗保健需求的能力时，灾难就会发生。灾难医学这门科学在不断发展，在确定如何对灾难现场做出全面应对方面已经取得了重大进展。灾难管理包括一个启动阶段，随后是实施阶段和恢复阶段。每个阶段的成功都取决于现场和场外协调的通信系统。本文概述了这一新兴亚专业，并讨论了有效灾难应对的基本组成部分。
