Effectiveness of a simple internet-based disaster triage educational tool directed toward Latin-American EMS providers

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-230

  Báez, Amado Alejandro ^a   Sztajnkrycer, Matthew D ^a   Smester, Pablo ^b   Giraldez, Ediza ^b   Vargas, Luis E ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Dominican Society of Pre hospital Medicine   (Dominican Republic)

^c Centro Regulador de Urgencias   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Disaster; Education; Internet; Latin America; Prehospital; Traum; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SKILL RETENTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNET; LATIN AMERICA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 26044458332     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590924555     Document Type: Article

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