Extreme measures: Field amputation on the living and dismemberment of the deceased to extricate individuals entrapped in collapsed structures

Authors

Anthony MacIntyre, University of Witwatersrand
Efraim B. Kramer, University of Witwatersrand
Bruno P. Petinaux, George Washington UniversityFollow
Trevor Glass, University of Witwatersrand
Charmaine M. Tate, New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue, Wellington, NZ

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

12-2012

Journal

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volume

Volume 6, Issue 4

Inclusive Pages

428-435

Keywords

Confined Spaces; Engineering; Rescue Work--methods; Social Sciences

Comments

Published version is available at dx.doi.org/10.1001/dmp.2012.70. Copyright © 2012 Cambridge University Press.

APA Citation

MacIntyre, A., Kramer, E.B., Petinaux, B., Glass, T., Tate, C.M. (2013). Extreme measures: Field amputation on the living and dismemberment of the deceased to extricate individuals entrapped in collapsed structures. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 6(4), 428-435.

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