Preparing, improvising, and caring for children during mass transport after a disaster

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Distefano, Susan M ^a   Graf, Jeanine M ^b   Lowry, Adam W ^b   Sitler, Garry C ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Hurricane Katrina; Mass transport; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; DISASTER; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS;

CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; NATURAL DISASTERS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK; TEXAS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 33846066791     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0099P     Document Type: Review

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