RT Book, Section
A1 Iserson, Kenneth V.
SR Print(0)
ID 57378502
T1 Chapter 37. Death and Survivors
T2 Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-175497-2
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57378502
RD 2024/04/24
AB Maximizing  the  utilization  of  resources  means  that  some  deaths  will  be  unavoidable,  especially  in  resource-poor  situations.  When  resources  are  limited,  you  will  have  to  forego  trying  to  save  patients  whose  deaths  are  imminent  or  unavoidable.  You  must  be  prepared  to  deal  with  the  consequences  as  best  you  can.  Considerable  improvisation  may  be  required  to  fashion  body  bags,  to  equip  holding  areas,  to  set  up  a  body-identification  system,  and  even  to  embalm  a  body  or  to  perform  an  autopsy.