Measures of effectiveness of hospital incident command system performance

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 202-205

  Arnold, Jeffrey L ^a   Paturas, James ^a   Rodoplu, Ülkümen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

effectiveness; emergency management; hospital emergency incident command system (HEICS); incident command system (ICS); performance; triage

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26044451017     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00002478     Document Type: Letter

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