Planning medical coverage for mass gatherings in Australia: What we currently know

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 346-350

  Arbon, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEISURE; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIRST AID; FORECASTING; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MASS BEHAVIOR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 24044548020     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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