Development of computer-assisted patient control for use in the hospital setting during mass casualty incidents

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-261

  Noordergraaf, G J ^a,b,e   Bouman, J H ^c   Van Den Brink, E J ^a   Van De Pompe, C ^d   Savelkoul, T J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b National Poison Control Center   (Netherlands)

^c Natl Med Ctr Med Toxicol E   (Netherlands)

^d Armed Forces Medical Organization   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automatic data processing; bar codes; disaster management and planning; hospital organization and administration; patient registration; trauma center; triage systems

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0029940693     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(96)90170-9     Document Type: Article

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