The effect of an 18-hour electrical power outage on an urban emergency medical services system

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 391-397

  Rand, David A ^a   Mener, David J ^b   Lerner, E Brooke ^b,c   DeRobertis, Nicholas ^a  

^a Empress Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory; Disaster preparedness; Emergency medical services; Environmental emergency; Power outage

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; HEAT; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROCLIMATE; NEBULIZER; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; POWER SUPPLY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; URBAN AREA; VENTILATOR;

AIR CONDITIONING; AMBULANCES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; POWER PLANTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 31544474060     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120500255909     Document Type: Article

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