Report On The International Conference On Emergency Health Care Development

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Dines, G B
• Description:
  Emergency medical services (EMS) provide rescue, field stabilization, transportation to medical facilities, and definitive care for persons experiencing medical emergencies. In order to advance worldwide development and refinement of EMS systems, and their integration with emergency preparedness and response programs, the International Conference on Emergency Health Care Development was held in Crystal City, Arlington, VA, August 15-19, 1989. The conference was supported by the Department of Health and Human Services and its Health Resources and Services Administration; the Department of Transportation and its National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration; and the Pan American Health Organization. Objectives of the conference were to clarify linkages between various levels of emergency response, to present methods for developing or improving EMS systems within societies with different resources, to demonstrate processes by which EMS systems have been developed, and to propose international emergency health care development goals. Topics included development of services in developing nations, case studies of underdeveloped countries' responses to natural disasters, and a method for updating disaster response through use of available medical resources.
• Subjects:
  Congresses As Topic Developing Countries Disaster Planning Emergency Medical Services Government Agencies Humans
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 105(1):76-79
• Pubmed ID:
  1968669
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Pan American Health Organization ; U.S. Deptartment of Health and Human Services ; Pan American Health Organization ; U.S. Deptartment of Health and Human Services
• Place as Subject:
  North America
• Volume:
  105
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ef7a61471aff411e91c99d3c5635d23b68bc4a7c68ff9f15690f0be932849aa9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/63439/cdc_63439_DS1.pdf
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