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      The German emergency and disaster medicine and management system history and present

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          As well for optimized emergency management in individual cases as for optimized mass medicine in disaster management, the principle of the medical doctors approaching the patient directly and timely, even close to the site of the incident, is a long-standing marker for quality of care and patient survival in Germany. Professional rescue and emergency forces, including medical services, are the “Golden Standard” of emergency management systems. Regulative laws, proper organization of resources, equipment, training and adequate delivery of medical measures are key factors in systematic approaches to manage emergencies and disasters alike and thus save lives. During disasters command, communication, coordination and cooperation are essential to cope with extreme situations, even more so in a globalized world. In this article, we describe the major historical milestones, the current state of the German system in emergency and disaster management and its integration into the broader European approach.

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              Contributors
              Journal
              Chin J Traumatol
              Chin. J. Traumatol
              Chinese Journal of Traumatology
              Elsevier
              1008-1275
              31 January 2018
              April 2018
              31 January 2018
              : 21
              : 2
              : 64-72
              Affiliations
              [1]Sino-German Institute for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Deutsch-Chinesische Gesellschaft für Medizin e.V., Berlin, Germany
              Author notes
              Article
              S1008-1275(17)30244-4
              10.1016/j.cjtee.2017.09.003
              5911738
              29622286
              32fc913d-33b1-44c0-9d03-4f38a6816ac2
              © 2018 Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University.

              This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

              History
              : 31 August 2017
              : 5 November 2017
              : 10 November 2017
              Categories
              Emergency and Trauma Care System

              emergency medical systems,disaster medicine,public health,germany

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