"Rescue Work" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Activities devoted to freeing persons or animals from danger to life or well-being in accidents, fires, bombings, floods, earthquakes, other disasters and life-threatening conditions. While usually performed by team efforts, rescue work is not restricted to organized services.
| Descriptor ID |
D018635
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.230.100.350
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rescue Work" by people in Profiles.
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An emergency-adaptive routing scheme for wireless sensor networks for building fire hazard monitoring. Sensors (Basel). 2011; 11(3):2899-919.
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D?j? vu. Anesth Analg. 2010 Mar 01; 110(3):651-2.
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Data quality for situational awareness during mass-casualty events. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11; 176-80.
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Field provider position tracking at mass gathering events. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11; 898.
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Comparison of the effectiveness of wireless electronic tracking devices versus traditional paper systems to track victims in a large scale disaster. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11; 886.
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Disaster-related physical and mental health: a role for the family physician. Am Fam Physician. 2007 Mar 15; 75(6):841-6.
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Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: evacuee healthcare efforts remote from hurricane affected areas. South Med J. 2006 Dec; 99(12):1329-33.
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A wireless first responder handheld device for rapid triage, patient assessment and documentation during mass casualty incidents. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006; 429-33.
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Situational awareness during mass-casualty events: command and control. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006; 905.
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Tablet computing for disaster scene managers. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006; 875.