Defining the problem, main objective, and strategies of medical management in mass-casualty incidents caused by terrorist events

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-89

  Ashkenazi, Itamar ^a   Kessel, Boris ^a   Olsha, Oded ^b   Khashan, Tawfik ^a   Oren, Meir ^a   Haspel, Jacob ^a   Alfici, Ricardo ^a  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

blast injury; bomb injuries; mass casualty incident; terrorism; triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERRORISM;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERRORISM; TRIAGE;

EID: 46349111263     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X0000563X     Document Type: Article

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