Disaster Drill Exercise Documentation and Management: Are We Drilling to Standard?

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 504-508

  Claudius, Ilene ^a   Behar, Solomon ^a   Ballow, Shana ^a   Wood, Robin ^a   Stevenson, Kathleen ^a   Blake, Nancy ^a   Upperman, Jeffrey S ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56049110846     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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