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Training Course in First Aid Under Disaster Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Adriaan J.H. Korver
Affiliation:
Netherlands Red Cross Society, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Extract

Under the auspices of the Organization for Civil Defence, the Netherlands Red Cross and the National Union for Lifesaving and First Aid “The Orange Cross”, a training course in First Aid under Disaster Conditions was started in 1979.

This training course is meant for laymen, who, after having obtained their First Aid certificate, will participate in the medical care of disaster victims. The contents of the training course are discussed. In order to obtain a clear insight into the training course, attention is also paid to the Medical Disaster Relief Organization.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1987

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