Scene safety in the face of automatic weapons fire: A new dilemma for EMS?

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-122

  Eckstein, Marc ^a,b   Cowen, Alan R ^a  

^a Los Angeles City Fire Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

automatic weapons; body armor; emergency medical services; Incident Command System; medical control; military style weapons; scene safety; violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

AUTOMATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032039592     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129808958854     Document Type: Article

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