Surgical lessons learned from suicide bombing attacks

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 313-319

  Almogy, Gidon ^a   Rivkind, Avraham I ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRILL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPLOSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUICIDE; TERRORISM;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; SUICIDE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TERRORISM; TRIAGE;

EID: 30944442050     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.10.011     Document Type: Review

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