Simulation of a hospital disaster plan: A virtual, live exercise

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 346-353

  Franc Law, Jeffrey M ^a   Bullard, Michael ^a   Corte, F Della ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

computer simulation; disaster plan; hospital; teaching; virtual live exercise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA BASE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; TRIAGE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 58149164556     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005999     Document Type: Article

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