Creating order from chaos: Part II: Tactical planning for mass casualty and disaster response at definitive care facilities

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-243

  Baker, Michael S ^a,b  

^a John Muir Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAUNDRY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; REVIEW; WAR;

EID: 33947148047     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.3.237     Document Type: Review

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