Case managers in mass casualty incidents

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 496-501

  Einav, Sharon ^a   Schecter, William P ^a   Matot, Idit ^a   Horn, Jan K ^a   Hersch, Moshe ^a   Reissman, Petachia ^b   Spira, Ram M ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Emergencies; Explosive Agents; Hospital; Multiple casualties; Organization and Administration; Terrorism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE MANAGER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISASTER; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERRORISM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; ISRAEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TIME; WORKLOAD;

CASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 63449119297     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31819a6f17     Document Type: Article

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