Environmental Emergencies

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Environmental Emergencies and Injuries in Nature

The interaction of human beings with the environment can cause unwanted injuries. The damage to the environment from people is a big problem carried from the past to the future. The healthy living of both parties in harmony is associated with “environmental awareness” and “preparedness.” Lives can be saved with the rapid recognition and treatment of environmental emergencies such as disasters, injuries, and poisonings, which occur with increasing frequency, and with the right first aid.

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  Environmental Emergencies and Injuries in Nature

The interaction of human beings with the environment can cause unwanted injuries. The damage to the environment from people is a big problem carried from the past to the future. The healthy living of both parties in harmony is associated with “environmental awareness” and “preparedness.” Lives can be saved with the rapid recognition and treatment of environmental emergencies such as disasters, injuries, and poisonings, which occur with increasing frequency, and with the right first aid.

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Foundations of Emergency Medicine

To create and provide free, open-access, comprehensive curricula and develop instructional practices that serve as the gold standard in medical education.

EHS

Environmental emergencies encompass a wide range of etiologies, from the effects of heat and cold to near drowning, dysbarisms, electrocution, or lightning strike. Depending on local climate and geography, some environmental emergencies may be more common than others.

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Environmental Emergencies Centre

The Environmental Emergencies Centre (EEC) is a one-stop-shop of information relevant to the preparedness, prevention and response stages of an environmental emergency. EEC strengthens the preparedness capacities of responders and humanitarians, allowing users to build on their own mechanisms and to draw on the resources and services of EEC partners.

WikEM

Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project's Environmental Disorders section.

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