Critical care and disaster management

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Parker, Margaret M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Disaster response; Mass casualty medical care; Medical response system; Patient safety; Surge capacity; Triage

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STANDARDIZATION; TERRORISM;

EID: 32844459538     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000199988.96002.CC     Document Type: Article

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