Managing burn victims of suicide bombing attacks: Outcomes, lessons learnt, and changes made from three attacks in Indonesia

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Chim, Harvey ^a   Yew, Woon Si ^a   Song, Colin ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SKIN GRAFT; TEAMWORK; TERRORISM; ADOLESCENT; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EXPLOSION; HEALTH CARE COST; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

EXPLOSIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISASTER PLANNING; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; TERRORISM;

EID: 33847687199     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5681     Document Type: Article

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