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Tornado at Pine Lake, Alberta — July 14, 2000: Assessment of the emergency medicine response to a disaster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Sunil Sookram ,
Herman Borkent ,
Greg Powell ,
Walter D. Hogarth  and
Lance Shepherd
Sunil Sookram*
Affiliation:
RCPSC Emergency Medicine Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
Herman Borkent
Affiliation:
STARS Edmonton, Staff Physician, Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alta
Greg Powell
Affiliation:
Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alta
Walter D. Hogarth
Affiliation:
Red Deer Regional Hospital, Red Deer, Alta
Lance Shepherd
Affiliation:
Banff EMS, Staff Physician, Banff Hospital and Foothills Hospital, Banff, Alta
*
WMC 1G1.50, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, 8440 112 St., Edmonton AB T6G 2B7; ssookram@ualberta.caqw

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Les programmes de médecine et de résidence négligent souvent l’enseignement de la médecine de catastrophe, mais lorsqu’une catastrophe se produit, c’est le personnel de médecine d’urgence qui se retrouve au front. Les médecins d’urgence doivent se familiariser avec le plan de sinistre de leur hôpital et être prêts à participer à l’opération de sauvetage.

Type
Controversies • Controverses
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 34 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2001

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