Development of an "all-hazards" hospital disaster preparedness training course utilizing multi-modality teaching

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-67

  Collander, Brett ^a   Green, Brad ^a   Millo, Yuri ^a   Shamloo, Christine ^a   Donnellan, Joyce ^a   DeAtley, Craig ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster preparedness; emergency medicine; simulation; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PATIENT SIMULATION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RELIEF WORK; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46349104208     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005598     Document Type: Article

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