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Myths and facts in medical emergency relief with accidents and disasters. Is it true or not? Fact or fiction? Any specialism, medical emergency relief also, knows its own persistent rumours. Rumours which are not always based on the actual truth. Is the theory we have on how we prepare for disaster useful? Did we base these theories on the right …
Welkom in het stageverslag van Stein de Haan. Dit verslag gaat over mijn stage bij de firma ACD Shelter techniek. De stageperiode was van september 2009 tot en met januari 2010. Dit bedroeg een half studiejaar. De werkzaamheden tijdens mijn stage omvatte ontwerpopdrachten en werken in de werkplaats. Deze opdrachten sloten goed aan op mijn studie, Industrieel Product Ontwerpen (IPO). …
What's STANAG to do with equipment and climate?
When designing good equipment, also the climate in which it will be used is to be taken into account. Every climate region will have it's own demands on machines and materials. End users may ask for a shelter which is suitable for "Zone A2 according to Stanag 2895" without explaining what that is. …
What's this abbreviation? Lot of manuals and documentation is loaded with things like TFA, RDS and such… but what is meant by it?
Therefore we are maintaining this list, showing common abbreviations.
A
ACU
Air Conditioning Unit
AFU
Air Filtration Unit
AL
Air Lock
B
BDBS
Biologically Derived Bioactive Substance
BITE
Built In Test Equipment
BPH
British thermal units per square foot per hour
BWC
Biological Weapons Convention
BZS
Swiss Federal Office for Civil Defence
C
CBRN
Chemical-Biological-Radiation
CCA
Contamination Control Area
CCW
Counter Clockwise
CE
Conformité Européenne
COLPRO
Collective …
STANAG is the NATO abbreviation for Standardization Agreement, which set up processes, procedures, terms, and conditions for common military or technical procedures or equipment between the member countries of the alliance. Each NATO state ratifies a STANAG and implements it within their own military. The purpose is to provide common operational and administrative procedures and logistics, so one member nation's …
CBRN is an initialism for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear. It is commonly used worldwide to refer to incidents or weapons in which any of these four hazards have presented themselves. The term CBRN is a replacement for the cold war term NBC (nuclear, biological, and chemical), which has replaced the term ABC (atomic, biological, and chemical) that was used …
Liudvikas Jagminas, MD, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; Director of Clinical Operations, Department Emergency Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital
Updated: Jul 24, 2008
Introduction
Emergency departments (EDs) and emergency medical services (EMS) are responsible for managing potential chemical disasters, whether they result from industrial accidents or terrorist activities. In recognition of this responsibility, the Joint …
Mass decontamination is performed by way of decontamination tents, trailers, or fixed facilities. Most firebrigades, hospitals and airports have at least one mass decontamination facility. Some newer airports have a mobile facility that can generate decontamination foam in large quantities.
What exactly is Mass Decontamination?
Mass Decontamination is the decontamination of large numbers of people, in the event of industrial, accidental, or intentional contamination by toxic, infective, caustic, polluted, or otherwise unhealthful or damaging substances. It's also referred to as 'Mass Decon'.
shelter-intern.org is a site where you can find (technical) information on CBRN, NBC and (Mass) Decontamination. It will show articles, links and intern reports on used techniques and usage.
Suppliers of CBRN, Hazmat, (Mass) Decon equipment such as inflatable Shelters, Integrated Mass Decon Systems, Water supply equipment, Tools and more are:
www.airshelter.com - Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS).
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