Creating order from chaos: Part I: Triage, initial care, and tactical considerations in mass casualty and disaster response

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 232-236

  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

ADAPTATION; BLAST INJURY; BURN; CONTAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 33947166703     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.3.232     Document Type: Review

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