A burn mass casualty event due to boiler room explosion on a cruise ship: Preparedness and outcomes

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 210-215

  Tekin, Akin ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a,b   O'Keeffe, Terence ^a   Pizano, Louis ^a   Lynn, Mauricio ^a   Prater Varas, Robin ^a   Quintana, Olga Delia ^a   Borges, Leda ^a   Ishii, Mary ^a   Lee, Seong ^a   Lopez, Peter ^a   Lessner Eisenberg, Sharon ^a   Alvarez, Angel ^a   Ellison, Tom ^a   Sapnas, Katherine ^a   Lefton, Jennifer ^a   Ward, Charles Gillon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOILER; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPLOSION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIP; BODY SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOLLOW UP; INJURY SCALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

BODY SURFACE AREA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIAGE;

EID: 19844368030     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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