The Current Crisis in Emergency Care and the Impact on Disaster Preparedness

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Homeland Security Act (HSA) of 2002 provided for the designation of a critical infrastructure protection program. This ultimately led to the designation of emergency services as a targeted critical infrastructure. In the context...

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Main Authors: Trainer Marcia, Cherry Robert A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-05-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/8/7