The use of classroom training and simulation in the training of medical responders for airport disaster

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-11

  Idrose, A M ^a   Adnan, W A W ^b   Villa, G F ^c   Abdullah, A H A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DISASTER PLANNING; DRIVER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; RESCUE WORK;

EID: 33846195448     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.036202     Document Type: Review

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