title: ["Notte della Taranta": new competences of the Disaster Manager Nurse].
abstract: The disaster manager nurse is a new professional figure working in the field of rescue in environments struck by natural disasters, of land management, of contingency plans for the healthcare, of the setting up of Advanced Medical Posts and the management of events in which are foreseen a great influx of people. Analyzing the Advanced Medical Post set up during the "Notte della Taranta", a folk music festival that sees every years a large attendance, over 100.000 people we have predicted required human and logistic resources to health coverage of this event and to value criticality assessment of the scenario. A organized and precautionary response is basic to reduce consequences duty by the imbalance between required and available resources.
authors.affiliation: Nurse, U.O. Medicina Interna II, ASL TO2. Corrispondenza: elena.zinnari@libero.it.
authors.forename: Elena M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Zinnari
authors.affiliation: Infermiere, U.O. Cardiologia Interventistica ed Emodinamica, ASL Lecce.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Germinal
authors.affiliation: Nurse.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Natalia
authors.affiliation: Associated Professor in Anestesia e Rianimazione - Università degli Studi di Bari.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brienza
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000592:standards; D004190:Disasters; D006693:Holidays; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D018635:Rescue Work / Q000592:standards