An analysis of Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) deployments in the United States

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-35

  Mace, Sharon E ^a,b,c   Jones, Jaszmine T ^d   Bern, Andrew I ^e,f,g  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Observation Unit   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Delray Medical Center   (United States)

^g Hollywood Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster medical assistance teams; Disasters; DMAT; Medical response

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIC; FIRE; FLOOD TIDE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HURRICANE; INFORMATION SERVICE; MEDICAL CARE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

DISASTERS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845792846     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120601023396     Document Type: Article

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