Are Surgical Residents Prepared for Mass Casualty Incidents?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Galante, Joseph M ^a   Jacoby, Robert C ^a   Anderson, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthesia; biological; chemical; emergency medicine; mass casualty; nuclear; resident education; surgery

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; SARIN;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANTHRAX; ARMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTERRORISM; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MILITARY MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645999967     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.07.031     Document Type: Article

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