The Science of Surge: Detection and Situational Awareness

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1179-1182

  McManus, John ^a   Huebner, Kermit ^a   Scheulen, James ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; surge capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AWARENESS; BIOTERRORISM; BOTULISM; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; PLAGUE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33750978154     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.038     Document Type: Article

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