@article{ref1,
title="Disaster medicine training in France",
journal="Annals of emergency medicine",
year="1983",
author="Feldstein, B. and Dufeu, N. and Handal, K. and Huguenard, P.",
volume="12",
number="10",
pages="621-623",
abstract="We describe the disaster medicine training program that has been developed in France by the anesthesia-reanimation specialists who provide emergency medical services. The diploma course is presented twice yearly over a two-week period to physicians of all disciplines. The 71-hour didactic program covers the background of disasters, various plans and strategies, tactics and logistics, techniques, and victim assessment and treatment. This is followed by a field exercise. Graduates then participate in a full-scale mock disaster exercise that lasts two days to one week. The development of such a course illustrates the attention that nations worldwide are giving to specialized physician training in disaster preparedness.",
language="",
issn="0196-0644",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}