DeCS

Descriptor English:

Medical Emergency Kit

Descriptor Spanish:

Botiquín Médico de Urgencia

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	botiquín médico de urgencia
Entry term(s)	botiquín de urgencia de la OMS nuevo botiquín de urgencia de la OMS
Scope note:	Medicamentos y equipo médico básicos calculados para las necesidades de emergencia de una población de 10.000 personas durante tres meses. Un botiquín [o kit] preenvasado contiene 10 kits idénticos más pequeños, cada uno para 1.000 personas. (Traducción libre del original: Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990; OMS, 1998. Disponible en http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/60655/1/WHO_DAP_98.10_spa.pdf)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Kit de Medicamentos e Insumos Estratégicos

Descriptor French:

Kit d'Urgences Médicales

Entry term(s):

Emergency Health Kit
New Emergency Health Kit
WHO Emergency Health Kit

Tree number(s):

SP8.570.747.231.498.512.543

Scope note:

Basic drugs and medical equipment calculated for the emergency needs of a population of 10.000 persons over three months. One prepackaged kit contains 10 identical smaller kits, each for 1.000 persons. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990; WHO, 1998. Available in http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/pdf/whozip31e/whozip31e.pdf)

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

Stockpile DeCS
Supply DeCS
World Health Organization MeSH

DeCS ID:

35040

Unique ID:

DDCS035040

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Disasters [SP8]

Disasters

Disaster Operations [SP8.570.747]

Disaster Operations

Disaster Response [SP8.570.747.231]

Disaster Response

Material Resource Management [SP8.570.747.231.498]

Material Resource Management

Equipment and Supplies, Disasters [SP8.570.747.231.498.512]

Equipment and Supplies, Disasters

Medical Emergency Kit [SP8.570.747.231.498.512.543]

Medical Emergency Kit

Mobile Media in Emergency Cases [SP8.570.747.231.498.512.654]

Mobile Media in Emergency Cases

Stockpile [SP8.570.747.231.498.512.765]

Stockpile

Medical Emergency Kit - Preferred

Concept UI	FD00060902
Scope note	Basic drugs and medical equipment calculated for the emergency needs of a population of 10.000 persons over three months. One prepackaged kit contains 10 identical smaller kits, each for 1.000 persons. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990; WHO, 1998. Available in http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/pdf/whozip31e/whozip31e.pdf)
Preferred term	Medical Emergency Kit
Entry term(s)	Emergency Health Kit New Emergency Health Kit WHO Emergency Health Kit

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