Assessing levels of hospital emergency preparedness

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 451-457

  Adini, Bruria ^a,b   Goldberg, Avishay ^b   Laor, Danny ^a   Cohen, Robert ^c   Zadok, Roni ^a   Bar Dayan, Yaron ^b,d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d Israeli Defense Force Home Front Command   (Israel)

Author keywords

chemical; hospitals; mass casualty incidents; preparedness; preparedness pyramid; toxicological

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INJURY; ISRAEL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33947581092     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00004192     Document Type: Review

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