A Mass Casualty Incident Involving Children and Chemical Decontamination

Disaster Management and Response

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 49-55

  Timm, Nathan ^a   Reeves, Scott ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTANETHIOL; N-BUTYL MERCAPTAN; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FURNITURE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; DECONTAMINATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; OHIO; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 34248598536     PISSN: 15402487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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