Comfort level of emergency medical service providers in responding to weapons of mass destruction events: Impact of training and equipment

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-303

  Reilly, Michael J ^a   Markenson, David ^a   DiMaggio, Charles ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Center for Disaster Medicine New York Medical College Maria Fareri Children's Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

bioterrorism; emergency medical services; equipment; training; weapons of mass destruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STANDARD; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WEAPON;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION;

EID: 38849163649     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00004908     Document Type: Article

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