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FIRST‐AID STATION [1 record]

Record 1 2013-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Emergency Management
  • Protection of Life
DEF

A designated location to which injured and uninjured survivors are directed temporarily following an incident or a disaster and where first aid care is provided, if needed.

CONT

[The] commander of the emergency rescue units must ... initiate the following measures: [provide] rescue and immediate medical treatment of survivors, ... set up provisional medical treatment stations in the vicinity of the disaster site as needed, ... establishment of a first‐aid station/field hospital staffed with physicians and medical assistants as a transit station for all survivors as needed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Sécurité des personnes
DEF

Lieu désigné où les survivants blessés ou indemnes sont dirigés temporairement à la suite d'un incident ou d'une catastrophe et où l'on administre les premiers soins, au besoin.

CONT

[Le] chef des unités de secours doit [...] mettre en place les mesures suivantes : [...] sauvetage et prise en charge médicale immédiate des survivants, [...] installation de postes de soins provisoires à proximité du lieu de la catastrophe, si nécessaire. [...] mise en place d'un poste de premiers soins ou d'un hôpital de campagne avec des médecins et des assistants médicaux, par lequel passent tous les survivants, si nécessaire.

Spanish

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