Population-based Triage Management in Response to Surge-capacity Requirements during a Large-scale Bioevent Disaster

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1118-1129

  Burkle Jr , Frederick M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioevents; disaster; epidemics; pandemics; population based medicine; surge capacity; triage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; VACCINATION; VICTIM;

BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 33751016380     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.040     Document Type: Article

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