Recommended modifications and applications of the hospital emergency incident command system for hospital emergency management

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 290-300

  Arnold, Jeffrey L ^a   Dembry, Louise Marie ^a   Tsai, Ming Che ^b   Dainiak, Nicholas ^a   Rodoplu, Ülküen ^c   Schonfeld, David J ^a   Parwani, Vivek ^a   Paturas, James ^d   Cannon, Christopher ^d   Selig, Scott ^d  

^a Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Alsancak State Hospital   (Turkey)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

biological; chemical; consultant; hospital; hospital emergency incident command system (HEICS); information; management; mental health; mitigation; nuclear; preparedness; radiological; recovery; response; terrorism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33644847447     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00002740     Document Type: Article

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