Bombings - What should the emergency ambulance physician know?;Bombenexplosion - Was muss der notarzt wissen?

Notarzt

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-11

  Seitz, S ^a   Kanz, Karl Georg ^a   Kay, M V ^c   Hornburger, P ^b   Kreimeier, U ^a   Mussack, T ^a   Schauble W ^b   Mutschler, W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Berufsfeuerwehr München ^*  (Germany)

^c Plansafe GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Explosion; Injury pattern; Mass casualty; Multiple casualty; Terrorist bombing; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EUROPE; EXPLOSION; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; PHYSICIAN; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THREAT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WOUND;

EID: 33644970066     PISSN: 01772309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-915289     Document Type: Article

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