Evacuation Priorities in Mass Casualty Terror-Related Events: Implications for Contingency Planning

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 304-310

  Einav, Sharon ^a   Feigenberg, Zvi ^b   Weissman, Charles ^a   Zaichik, Daniel ^a   Caspi, Guy ^b   Kotler, Doron ^b   Freund, Herbert R ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MDA Israeli Natl Emerg Med Serv   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TERRORISM;

AMBULANCES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERRORISM; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE;

EID: 1242264369     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000114013.19114.57     Document Type: Article

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