Integrated Emergency Management for Mass Casualty Emergencies: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Training Course on Integrated Emergency Management for Mass Casualty Emergencies Organized by Cespro, University of Florence, Italy
Integrated Emergency Management for Mass Casualty Emergencies: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Training Course on Integrated Emergency Management for Mass Casualty Emergencies Organized by Cespro, University of Florence, Italy
Summary
Responses to major disasters tend to be complex, not merely because of the size and scale of operations and the number of countries and agencies involved, but also because of the range of functions represented by these organizations. A full-scale emergency response can involve people trained in at least 35 different disciplines and professions. This increasing sophistication of modern emergency response makes the process of coordination a particularly challenging one. It involves matching urgent needs with available resources in the most rapid and efficient way possible: timely mobilization an.