The 2003 bam earthquake: Overview of first aid and transport of victims

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 513-516

  Mirhashemi, Sedighe ^a   Ghanjal, Ali ^a   Mohebbi, Hassan Ali ^a   Moharamzad, Yashar ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bam Earthquake; first aid; Iran; safe hospital; transport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATURAL DISASTERS; RESCUE WORK; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 52149086353     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005343     Document Type: Article

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