Joint civilian/national guard mass casualty exercise provides model for preparedness training

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 806-811

  Grant, William D ^a   Secreti, Lalainia ^a,b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b Hancock Field ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MODEL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; DISASTER PLANNING; EXERCISE; MASS DISASTER; SOLDIER;

CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547927625     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.8.806     Document Type: Article

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