National disaster life support programs: a platform for multi-disciplinary disaster response.
Proper training must prepare responders to consider various hazards and means by which to mitigate their effects. This article describes one such training program (the National Disaster Life Support program) as a possible means to prepare dental providers to better respond to disasters and describes a simple triage technique that can be used by dental professionals to triage patients.
Coule
Phillip L
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Center of Operational Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, AF2036, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. pcoule@mcg.edu
Horner
Jack A
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