Assessing Hospital Disaster Preparedness: A Comparison of an On-Site Survey, Directly Observed Drill Performance, and Video Analysis of Teamwork

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kaji, Amy H ^a,b,c   Langford, Vinette ^d   Lewis, Roger J ^a,b,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISASTER; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; INTENSIVE CARE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOISE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEAMWORK; VICTIM; VIDEORECORDING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 49549118700     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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