Impact of the San Diego county firestorm on emergency medical services

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 353-358

  Vilke, Gary M ^a,b   Smith, Alan M ^b   Stepanski, Barbara M ^b   Ray, Leslie Upledger ^b   Murrin, Patricia A ^b   Chan, Theodore C ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

burns; emergency medical services (EMS); fire; firestorm; response; smoke inhalation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIRES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33947540348     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00004003     Document Type: Article

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