Do pediatric and adult disaster victims differ? A descriptive analysis of clinical encounters from four natural disaster DMAT deployments

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-73

  Gnauck, Katherine A ^a   Nufer, Kevin E ^a   Lavalley, Jonathon M ^a   Crandall, Cameron S ^a   Craig, Frances W ^a   Wilson Ramirez, Gina B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs); disasters; earthquake; flood; hurricane; pediatrics; triage; tropical storm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34250204497     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00004362     Document Type: Review

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