Report of the CIMERC*/Drexel University Emergency Department Terrorism Preparedness Consensus Panel

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 783-788

  Greenberg, Michael I ^a,b   Hendrickson, Robert G ^c,d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oregon Poison Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster preparedness; Emergency departments; Mass casualty incidents; Recommendations; Terrorism; Weapons of mass destruction

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; ATROPINE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PRALIDOXIME CHLORIDE;

ACCIDENT; ANTHRAX; CIVIL DISORDER; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERRORISM; TRAINING; WEAPON;

EID: 0037480261     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.7.783     Document Type: Review

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