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A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings
Published on: November 9, 2016
[Nurses and health officers supporting the emergency operations command]
Franck Pilorget1, Hugues Lefort2
1Association nationale des infirmiers sapeurs-pompiers, 102 rue de Sèvres, 75015 Paris, France.
Abstract:
The health and medical emergency service of a departmental fire and rescue unit is a key element of emergency care in France. Health officers are present in the operations room or in the field. Often a nurse from the fire service, they may also be a doctor or pharmacist. Their mission is to optimise and to anticipate the emergency healthcare response both on a day-to-day basis as well as with extraordinary events involving numerous victims or large-scale technological, natural or terror risks.
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