Citation

de Boer J. J. Emerg. Med. 1990; 8(5): 591-595.

Affiliation

Ministry of Welfare, Health and Cultural Affairs, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2254608

Abstract

In disaster medicine, a meaningful definition of the word disaster is lacking. A simple definition, using only two criteria, is proposed. Added to this, a classification scheme is formulated. Based on this definition and classification, a disaster severity scale is introduced. The methodology used is described, and the significance of these proposals is discussed.

Language: en