Emergency preparedness for the chronically ill

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 68-72

  Flume, Patrick ^a   Gray, Sue ^b   Bowman, C Michael ^a   Kerrigan, Cheryl ^a   Lester, Mary ^b   Virella Lowell, Isabel ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL NEBULIZER; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14944343863     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200503000-00028     Document Type: Review

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