KAMEDO--a Swedish Disaster Medicine Study organization.
Kamedo is a Swedish Disaster Medicine study organization that sends observers to disaster areas anywhere in the world to study recent events, collect useful information, and identify problems relative to the practice of Disaster Medicine. The results of these investigations are published in the KAMEDO Reports, and the English versions will be published in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Three of the recent reports follow: 1) KAMEDO Report 69: Ebolus Virus Epidemic in Zaire, 1995; 2) KAMEDO Report 70: The German Rescue and Emergency Organizations: a) Industrial Chemical Fire, Memmingen, Germany 23 January 1997; b) Fire at the Düsseldorf Airport, 01 April 1996; and c) Bus Accident on the Autobahn in Rosenheim, Germany; and 3) Terrorist Attack with Sarin, 20 March 1995. In addition, a catalog listing all of the KAMEDO Reports available in English is provided.
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Emergency and Disaster Planning Division, Socialstyrelsen/The National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden.
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D000059:Accidents; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D004190:Disasters; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005858:Germany; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola; D006801:Humans; D013548:Sweden; D014041:Tokyo; D014754:Violence