RT Book, Section A1 Starr, Gregory A. A1 Allen, Thomas W. A1 Stewart, Charles E. A2 Stone, C. Keith A2 Humphries, Roger L. SR Print(0) ID 55745483 T1 Chapter 4. Disaster Medicine T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Emergency Medicine, 7e YR 2011 FD 2011 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-0-07-170107-5 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55745483 RD 2024/03/29 AB More than 4 million people worldwide have lost their lives and hundreds of millions have suffered due to natural and man-made disasters during the past 30 years. The dollars lost in damages and reconstruction costs are staggering. Hundreds of billions have gone to rebuild the infrastructure and to replace the personal property damaged or lost as a result of these disasters. Ongoing assistance may be required many years after the disasters to sustain and reconstruct the lives of those affected.