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Technological and conflict disasters present the 1980s with new and complex problems of preparation and response. Despite the increasing threat, the care of mass casualties remains a neglected area of applied research and technology. The reasons for this neglect are multiple — psychological ignorance, pride, guilt, and perhaps an untested belief that disaster victims are largely unsalvageable and that neither preparedness nor rescue are feasible.
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Silverstein, M.E., McWright, C., Froede, R., Rubinoff, M. (1985). The Salvageability of Disasters Victims: The Scientific Basis for Disaster Planning, Rescue, and Response. In: Manni, C., Magalini, S.I. (eds) Emergency and Disaster Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69262-8_17
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