Lessons learned from the evacuation of an urban teaching hospital

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1141-1145

  Cocanour, Christine S ^a,b,c   Allen, Steven J ^a,b,c   Mazabob, Janine ^a,b,c   Sparks, John W ^a,b,c   Fischer, Craig P ^a,b,c   Romans, Juanita ^a,b,c   Lally, Kevin P ^a,b,c  

^a Departments of Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLOODING; HELICOPTER; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIGHT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STAFF; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0036792964     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.137.10.1141     Document Type: Article

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