Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2012
An International Working Party on the Definition and Classification of Disasters, sponsored by the International Trauma Foundation, developed recommendations on the definition and classification of disasters. The party consisted of: WH Rutherford (Chairman), Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast UK; Dr. Jacob Adler, Shaare Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel; Dr. Peter Baskett, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol UK; Dr. Jan De Boer, Het Nieve Spittal, Warnsveld, Netherlands; Professor Bo Brismar, Department of Surgery, Huddinge, Sweden; Dr. Rudolf Frey, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Mainz, West Germany; Dr. Olafur Jonson, Borgarspitalinn, Reykjavik, Iceland; Dr. Stanely Miles, International Trauma Foundation, Salsbury, UK; Dr. Ronald Stewart, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Dr. Henryk Zielinski, League of Red Cross Societies, Geneva, Switzerland.