A regional medical operations center improves disaster response and inter-hospital trauma transfers

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 853-859

  Epley, Eric E ^a   Stewart, Ronald M ^a,b,c   Love, Preston ^a,b   Jenkins, Donald ^e   Siegworth, Gina M ^f   Baskin, Toney W ^d   Flaherty, Stephen ^d   Cocke, Robert ^a  

^a Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Greater San Antonio Area Hospital Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Cooperation; Disaster planning; Patient transfer; Regional medical systems; Trauma centers; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DATABASES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; TEXAS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845324898     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.08.057     Document Type: Article

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