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MASS DISASTER [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
DEF

A man-made or natural disaster in which so many persons are injured that local emergency medical services are overwhelmed and/or destroyed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
CONT

Activité chirurgicale dans le cadre d'une catastrophe de masse […] On parlait de plus de 73 000 morts et quelque 3 millions de sans-abri. Quant aux blessés, leur chiffre restait incertain, mais avoisinait les 70 000.

Spanish

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