Disaster training for prehospital providers

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 458-465

  Chaput, Christine J ^a   Deluhery, Matthew R ^b   Stake, Christine E ^b   Martens, Katherine A ^b   Cichon, Mark E ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Emergency medical technicians; Emergency service; Hospital; In service training; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER MEDICINE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848909223     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450701537076     Document Type: Article

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