Experience with mass casualties in a subcontinent earthquake

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 487-492

  Yasin, Malik Amjad ^a   Malik, Sikandar Ali ^a   Nasreen, Ghazala ^a   Safdar, Choudry Aqeel ^a  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Debridement; Earthquake; Military hospital; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANPOWER PLANNING; MASS DISASTER; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SPINE SURGERY; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; DEBRIDEMENT; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PAKISTAN; TETANUS; TRIAGE;

EID: 69749096923     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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