Triage accuracy at a multiple casualty incident disaster drill: The Emergency Medical Service, Fire Department of New York City experience

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 570-575

  Schenker, Josef D ^a   Goldstein, Steven ^a   Braun, James ^a   Werner, Andrew ^a   Buccellato, Frank ^a   Asaeda, Glenn ^a   Prezant, David J ^a,b  

^a Government of New york   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIPLE CASUALTY INCIDENT DISASTER DRILL; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SIMULATION; SKILL; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; DISASTER PLANNING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT SIMULATION; TIME MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33749036294     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000235450.12988.27     Document Type: Article

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