Simulation in a disaster drill: Comparison of high-fidelity simulators versus trained actors

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1144-1151

  Gillett, Brian ^c   Peckler, Brad ^a   Sinert, Richard ^d   Onkst, Cherie ^b   Nabors, Spencer ^c   Issley, Steven ^c   Maguire, Christopher ^a   Galwankarm, Sagar ^a   Arquilla, Bonnie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Disaster drill; Disaster preparedness; Mass casualty drill; Simulation; Simulator

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56849108145     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00198.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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