Europe on Fire; Medical Management of Terror Attacks - New Era and New considerations
Journal Title: Bulletin of Emergency And Trauma - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
The impact of the constantly changing world on healthcare in recent years, technological innovations and economic austerity, as well as, the increasing number of pure "Social Disruptions” at hospitals (e.g. power outages, IT problems), and out of hospitals (e.g. mass gatherings) challenges the healthcare in how to organize itself at the time of major events and disasters (e.g. terror attacks)[1-3].
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Amir Khorram-Manesh
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