The Los Alfaques disaster: a boiling liquid, expanding-vapour explosion.

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Arturson, Gosta

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1979Description: ca. 48p., 5 tables, 11 figsSubject: The author was sent by the Swedish Committee for Disaster Medicine (KAMEDO) to collect information concerned with disaster medicine. The principle features outlined are: 1) the scene of the disaster, including what happened and the number and types of casualties; 2) the organization at the scene of the disaster, as regard to control, rescue, release, triage and transport of casualties; 3) the organization at the hospitals designed for the handling of casualties arising from disaster; 4) the evacuation of patients to their home countries; and 5) the survival rate of patients involved in the disaster in a following investigation.

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The author was sent by the Swedish Committee for Disaster Medicine (KAMEDO) to collect information concerned with disaster medicine. The principle features outlined are: 1) the scene of the disaster, including what happened and the number and types of casualties; 2) the organization at the scene of the disaster, as regard to control, rescue, release, triage and transport of casualties; 3) the organization at the hospitals designed for the handling of casualties arising from disaster; 4) the evacuation of patients to their home countries; and 5) the survival rate of patients involved in the disaster in a following investigation.

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