Factors that may influence the preparation of standards of procedures for dealing with mass-casualty incidents

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Adini, Bruria ^a,b   Goldberg, Avishay ^b   Laor, Danny ^a   Cohen, Robert ^c   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 MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

evaluation; hospitals; management; mass casualty incident; preparedness; standards of procedure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; ISRAEL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 35748970745     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00004611     Document Type: Article

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