Implementation of the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) at a hospital in Taiwan, ROC

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-196

  Tsai, Ming Che ^a   Arnold, Jeffrey L ^b   Chuang, Chia Chang ^a   Chi, Chih Hsien ^a   Liu, Ching Chuan ^a   Yang, Yu Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Hospital emergency incident command system; Infection control; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 13544275760     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.04.021     Document Type: Article

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