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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

Review of the more common environmental emergencies...

Environmental emergencies in theatre and critical care areas: power failure, fire, and explosion

These incidents show that environmental emergencies such as power failure, fire, and explosion have the potential to lead to substantial patient morbidity and mortality, and also endangering staff and facilities.

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Aliem

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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.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

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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.