The incident command system in disasters: Evaluation methods for a hospital-based exercise

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-23

  Thomas, Tamara L ^a   Hsu, Edbert B ^b   Kim, Hong K ^b   Colli, Sara ^b   Arana, Guillermo ^c   Green, Gary B ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Panama)

Author keywords

data collection; definitive treatment; disasters; drills; evaluation; exercise; hospitals; incident command system; methods; times; transport; triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANAMA; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PANAMA; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 16844386721     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00002090     Document Type: Article

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