Management of multiple burn casualties from the Volendam disaster in the emergency departments of general hospitals

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 270-274

  Van Harten, Sabine M ^a   Welling, Lieke ^c   Perez, Roberto S G M ^b   Patka, Peter ^d   Kreis, Robert W ^e  

^a ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burns; Disasters; Emergency medicine; Inhalation injury; Treatment protocol

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURN; CLASSIFICATION; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644792799     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200512000-00004     Document Type: Article

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