title: International trauma and disaster management.
abstract: Our world has literally changed around us. Based on this reality, the AFMS changed its' way of thinking when providing care to victims in disaster situations. This course is but one of several that are provided around the world that speak one common language, helping each other and caring for our patients the best way we know how. As Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, eloquently stated: "We are all in the same boat. There are no safe islands. There is no dividing line between domestic and international crises. There is no them, only us."
authors.affiliation: Institute for Global Health, United States Air Force, Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78235, USA. victoria.zamarripa@brooks.af.mil
authors.forename: Victoria G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Zamarripa
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education*; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States