"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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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rescue Work" by people in Profiles.
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The academic health center in complex humanitarian emergencies: lessons learned from the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Acad Med. 2012 Nov; 87(11):1609-15.
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Pediatric trauma in the Austrian Alps: the epidemiology of sport-related injuries in helicopter emergency medical service. High Alt Med Biol. 2012 Jun; 13(2):112-7.
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Surviving a mine explosion. J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Aug; 207(2):276-83.
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Over-the-head cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves efficacy in basic life support performed by professional medical personnel with a single rescuer: a simulation study. Anesth Analg. 2005 Jul; 101(1):200-5, table of contents.