Preparing hospitals for toxicological mass casualties events

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1004-1008

  Tur Kaspa, Ilan ^a,b   Lev, Eli I ^c   Hendler, Israel ^c   Siebner, Ran ^c   Shapira, Yaron ^c   Shemer, Joshua ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chemical incident; Decontamination; Disaster medicine; Hazardous materials (HAZMAT); Hospital; Organophosphates; Planning; Staff training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INJURY; DANGEROUS GOODS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STAFF TRAINING;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISASTER PLANNING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; ISRAEL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0033036060     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199905000-00045     Document Type: Article

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