THE ROLE OF AN ANESTHETIST IN A FIELD HOSPITAL DURING THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC AMONG RWANDAN REFUGEES IN GOMA

Authors
GINOSAR Y SHAPIRA SC
Citation
Y. Ginosar et Sc. Shapira, THE ROLE OF AN ANESTHETIST IN A FIELD HOSPITAL DURING THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC AMONG RWANDAN REFUGEES IN GOMA, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 75(6), 1995, pp. 810-816
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
British Journal of Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070912
Volume
75
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
810 - 816
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0912(1995)75:6<810:TROAAI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
In 1849 John Snow, already the leading anaesthetic practitioner and in novator of his day, made a historic contribution to the epidemiology o f infectious disease by his famous study of the distribution of choler a around the area of Broad Street in London. We report on our experien ce as anaesthetists in a field hospital, dispatched as part of the int ernational rescue effort to Goma, Zaire, to help combat the effects of cholera among the Rwandan refugees.