Australian disaster triage: A colour maze in the Tower of Babel

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 598-602

  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

ACCIDENT; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN;

AUSTRALIA; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0032807055     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01643.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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