TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Disaster Medicine A1 - Ratcliff, Taylor K. A1 - Lincoln, Erin W. A2 - Stone, C. Keith A2 - Humphries, Roger L. PY - 2017 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Emergency Medicine, 8e AB - The human species has endured plague, famine, and natural disaster since the beginning of written record and likely since the beginning of time. Global flooding, earthquakes, hurricanes, and tropical cyclones have killed millions and injured millions more in the 20th century alone. In addition to threats from nature, humanity faces man-made disasters that are becoming more common and complex. As technology increases, so does our ability to wreak havoc with environmental disasters and high-impact production accidents or engineering failures. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176283774 ER -