The 1994 Northridge earthquake disaster response: The local emergency medical services agency experience

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 172-179

  Stratton, Samuel J ^a   Hastings, Virginia Price ^a   Isbell, Darlene ^a   Celentano, John ^a   Ascarrunz, Miguel ^a   Gunter, Carol S ^a   Betance, Joe ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

1994 Northridge Earthquake; disaster; disaster preparedness; disaster response; earthquake; earthquake emergencies; emergency medical services; medical disaster response; urban disaster

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030183645     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00042916     Document Type: Article

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