SWiFT: A rapid triage tool for vulnerable older adults in disaster situations

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages

  Dyer, Carmel B ^a,b   Regev, Mor ^a   Burnett, Jason ^a   Festa, Nicolo ^c   Cloyd, Beth ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster relief; Hurricane katrina; Vulnerable older adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DISASTER PLANNING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PILOT PROJECTS; RELIEF WORK; TEXAS; TRIAGE;

EID: 55949135846     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181647b81     Document Type: Article

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