Disaster management teams

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 585-589

  Briggs, Susan M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster management teams; Field triage; Incident command system; Mass casualty incident

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FINANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; REVIEW; SAFETY; TERRORISM; TRAINING; TRAUMATOLOGY;

DISASTERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RESCUE WORK; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 28144440170     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccx.00001186916.92757.ab     Document Type: Review

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