Emergency Preparedness and Professional Competency Among Health Care Providers During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Pilot Study Results

Disaster Management and Response

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 99-110

  Slepski, Lynn A ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35748977095     PISSN: 15402487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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