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PubMed2003

Report of the International Society of Nephrology: North American Renal Disaster Response Task Force.

This article comprises a report from the North American Renal Disaster Response Task Force (RDRTF) set up in 2001 by the International Society of Nephrology Acute Renal Failure Commission. The conclusions of the report are (1) given the rarity of renal disasters in the Americas the North American and Latin American RDRTF's should be merged; (2) for the same reason, a single RDRFT Coordination Center for the whole world should be established and it is suggested that this be in Ghent, Belgium; (3) the collaborative group set up in Europe and involving the European RDRTF and Medecins Sans Frontiers be asked to extend their rapid response service to cover acute renal disasters in the Americas south of the United States-Mexico border; (4) the combined RDRTF for the Americas should establish a list of nephrologists, nurses, and technicians who are available to assist in the acute response to renal disasters; (5) the combined RDRTF of the Americas establish an inventory of equipment, machines, and methods for their transport that would be available in the event of a disaster; and (6) the RDRTF of the Americas should undertake a large-scale educational initiative on management of renal disasters.

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PubMed2003

The organization and interventions of the ISN Renal Disaster Relief Task Force.

This article describes first the organization of the ISN Renal Disaster Relief Task Force-European branch founded by the ISN Commission on ARF. The task force aims at rapid dialysis intervention in case of acute disasters associated with a high number of ARF cases caused by crush syndrome. The organization involves European volunteers consisting of nephrologists, dialysis nurses, and technicians willing to go to disaster areas as far as India, the Middle East, and North Africa to assist the local nephrologic communities. In addition, an important role in the organization is played by Médecins sans Frontiières, the industry, and several nurses' and technicians' associations. The major intervention of the task force was at the occasion of the Marmara earthquake in Turkey in 1999. Additional more recent and minor interventions occurred in India and Algeria.

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PubMed2003

The Armenian earthquake of 1988: a milestone in the evolution of nephrology.

A dreadful earthquake struck a densely populated region of Armenia on December 7, 1988. All principal determinants of structural damage and crush injury converged to magnify the dreadful outcomes of this otherwise modest earthquake, which registered 6.9 on the Richter scale. Two circumstantial events focused unprecedented world attention on this natural disaster. First, the news media, assembled to cover the historic visit of Mikhail Gorbachev to the United States, were suddenly deprived of the news they had gathered to cover when Gorbachev interrupted his visit to examine the disaster personally. As a result, the world news media channeled their collective force on covering the tragic events in Armenia. Second, an official Soviet request for dialysis assistance was delivered at the opening session of the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology in San Antonio on Sunday, December 11, 1988. As a result, the entire nephrology community was suddenly engulfed in the mounting worldwide enthusiasm to provide humanitarian aid. The subsequent efforts of the National Kidney Foundation and the International Society of Nephrology prompted the discipline to examine, evaluate, and establish a role for nephrologists in preparedness and response to natural disasters.

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PubMed2006

[The Tsunami of 2004: Diagnosis of trauma sequelae in primary care].

This report amplifies specific needs and concerns related to primary care for patients with trauma-related disorders who seek help at private practices. The review focuses on potential psychological sequelae in victims of mass emergencies, such as the Tsunami-Disaster of December 26, 2004 in the Indian Ocean. General recommendations for treatment of traumatically stressed patients are proposed, particular features of such treatment are outlined. Furthermore, potential comorbid disorders and possible future courses of trauma-related disorders are outlined. Finally, frequently used psychodiagnostic screening-methods in current psychotraumatology are introduced.

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PubMed1995

[Education of the medical student in first aid, emergency and disaster medicine--the Graz model].

In Austria emergency and disaster medicine is a young interdisciplinary subject. It is only a borderline discipline encompassing different medical subjects and was subdivided into emergency medicine for medical doctors only and first-aid for lay people and emergency technicians. In fact, since emergency medicine without first-aid can't be successful, the Department of Anaesthesiology at the University of Graz let all students of the medical faculty have a comprehensive education in the treatment of injured of acutely ill patients. According to the three steps of the study lectures and practices, all parts of first-aid, emergency and disaster medicine were offered. In spite of the short time since this has been running, we found a good acceptance and we hope to increase the interest evinced by medical students in our training programme.

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