Frail elderly as disaster victims: Emergency management strategies

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 67-74

  Fernandez, Lauren S ^a,b   Byard, Deana ^a   Lin, Chien Chih ^a   Benson, Samuel ^c   Barbera, Joseph A ^d  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b SRA International   (United States)

^c University of New York   (United States)

^d Institute for Crisis Disaster and Risk Management   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; elderly; emergency management strategy; emergency management system; frail elderly; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036527814     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00000200     Document Type: Article

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