Hospital trauma care in multiple-casualty incidents: A critical view

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 647-652

  Hirshberg, Asher ^a   Holcomb, John B ^b   Mattox, Kenneth L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0035022145     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.115650     Document Type: Article

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