"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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| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rescue Work" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 Pandemic in Mountainous Areas: Impact, Mitigation Strategies, and New Technologies in Search and Rescue Operations. High Alt Med Biol. 2021 09; 22(3):335-341.
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Guidelines for Mountain Rescue During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Official Guidelines of the International Commission for Alpine Rescue. High Alt Med Biol. 2021 06; 22(2):128-141.
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Masks in the mountains: how a UK search and rescue team prepared for COVID-19. Emerg Med J. 2021 03; 38(3):248.
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Mountain Rescue During the COVID-19 Outbreak: Considerations and Practical Implications. Wilderness Environ Med. 2021 03; 32(1):123-125.
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The influence of experiences of involvement in the COVID-19 rescue task on the professional identity among Chinese nurses: A qualitative study. J Nurs Manag. 2020 Oct; 28(7):1662-1669.
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Post-traumatic stress symptoms among medical rescue workers exposed to COVID-19 in Japan. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2020 09; 74(9):503-505.
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Risk factors for post-9/11 chronic rhinosinusitis in Fire Department of the City of New York workers. Occup Environ Med. 2018 12; 75(12):884-889.
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Monitoring the Health of Public Health Responders: Development and Use of the Responder Safety, Tracking, and Resilience System (R-STaR) for Hurricane Matthew. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2019 02; 13(1):74-81.
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Balancing the risk of the evacuation and sheltering-in-place options: a survival study following Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident. BMJ Open. 2018 07 28; 8(7):e021482.
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A Gap Analysis Survey of US Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Members to Determine Highly Infectious Disease Training and Education Needs. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2018 12; 12(6):675-679.