Documentation and tagging of casualties in multiple casualty incidents

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 475-479

  Garner, Alan ^a  

^a NRMA CareFlight   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Emergency medical tags; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AMBULANCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DISASTER PLANNING; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TAGS; HUMANS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0344233234     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00505.x     Document Type: Review

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