Overview of evacuation and transport of patients following the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 439-444

  Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Iwai, Atsushi ^a   Jun, Oda ^a   Kuwagata, Yasuyuki ^a   Matsuoka, Tetsuya ^a   Shimazu, Takeshi ^a   Yoshioka, Toshiharu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Communication; Emergency medical service; Hanshin Awaji earthquake; Transport; Triage

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK;

AMBULANCES; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATURAL DISASTERS; PATIENT TRANSFER; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032076274     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00014-6     Document Type: Article

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