Management of casualties from the bombing at the Centennial Olympics

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 538-543

  Feliciano, David V ^a,b   Anderson Jr , Gail V ^a   Rozycki, Grace S ^a   Ingram, Walter L ^a   Ansley, Joseph P ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a   Salomone, Jeffrey P ^a   Cantwell, John D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING; VICTIM;

DISASTER PLANNING; GEORGIA; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPORTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032414747     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00263-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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