Mass medical repatriation of injured civilians after terrorist attack in Mombassa, Kenya: Medical needs, resources used, and lessons learned

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-102

  Marmor, Meir ^a   Goldstein, Liav ^a   Levi, Yeheskel ^a   Onn, Erez ^a   Blumenfeld, Amir ^a   Kosashvili, Yona ^a   Levy, Gad ^a   Hirschorn, Gil ^a   Heldenberg, Eitan ^a   Or, Jacob ^a   Setton, Eric ^a   Goldberg, Avishay ^a   Bar Dayan, Yaron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

civilians; earthquake; medical mission; needs; repatriation; resources; teams

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; TERRORISM; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 20344371436     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00002260     Document Type: Article

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