"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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| 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rescue Work" by people in Profiles.
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Unusual ciliary abnormalities in three 9/11 response workers. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2011 Jan; 120(1):40-8.
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Disaster mental health workers responding to Ground Zero: one year later. J Trauma Stress. 2008 Apr; 21(2):227-30.
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Predictive model for estimating risk of crush syndrome: a data mining approach. J Trauma. 2007 Apr; 62(4):940-5.
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Widespread outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis among evacuees of Hurricane Katrina residing in a large "megashelter" in Houston, Texas: lessons learned for prevention. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Apr 15; 44(8):1032-9.
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Caring for evacuated children housed in the Astrodome: creation and implementation of a mobile pediatric emergency response team: regionalized caring for displaced children after a disaster. Pediatrics. 2006 May; 117(5 Pt 3):S428-38.
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Getting kids from the Big Easy hospitals to our place (not easy): preparing, improvising, and caring for children during mass transport after a disaster. Pediatrics. 2006 May; 117(5 Pt 3):S421-7.
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Mass casualty management after a suicidal terrorist attack on a religious procession in Quetta, Pakistan. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2006 Apr; 16(4):253-6.
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Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: role of individuals and collaborative networks in mobilizing/coordinating societal and professional resources for major disasters. Crit Care. 2006 Feb; 10(1):205.