An Australian mass casualty incident triage system for the future based upon triage mistakes of the past: The Homebush Triage Standard

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 603-608

  Nocera, Antony ^a   Garner, Alan ^a  

^a NRMA CareFlight   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Disaster triage; Emergency department triage; Emergency medical services; Mass casualty incident

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ACCIDENT; AMBULANCE; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF;

AUSTRALIA; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0032768530     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01644.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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