{"pk":10358,"title":"Optimizing the Use of a Precious Resource: The Role of Emergency Physicians in a Humanitarian Crisis","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Emergency physicians (EP) are uniquely suited to provide care in crises as a result of their broadtraining, ability to work quickly and effectively in high-pressure, austere settings, and their inherentflexibility. While emergency medicine training is helpful to support the needs of crisis-affected anddisplaced populations, it is not in itself sufficient. In this article we review what an EP should carefullyconsider prior to deployment.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Humanitarian crises, emergency medicine, global health"}],"section":"Ethical and Legal Issues","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/24b1044f","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Parveen","middle_name":"K.","last_name":"Parmar","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Southern California, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of International Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California","department":"None"},{"first_name":"P. Gregg","middle_name":"","last_name":"Greenough","name_suffix":"","institution":"Harvard Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of International Emergency Medicine and Humanitarian Programs, Cambridge,\nMassachusetts\nBrigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2016-10-01T15:47:00Z","date_accepted":"2016-10-01T15:47:00Z","date_published":"2017-04-19T19:29:50Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/10358/galley/5696/download/"}]}