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Responding to the Boxing Day tsunami disaster in Aceh, Indonesia: Western and South Australian contributions
Author(s) -
Pearce Andrew,
Mark Paul,
Gray Norman,
Curry Chris
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00810.x
Subject(s) - medicine , medical emergency , ancient history , socioeconomics , sociology , history
Objective: To describe the Western and South Australian response to the Boxing Day tsunami disaster in Aceh, Indonesia. Method: Reports from three of the responders. Results: Comment has been made on organising a response, the first team to Banda Aceh, the second team to Banda Aceh, and lessons learned. Conclusions: These experiences have identified areas in which we could be better prepared for the next international disaster response.