Pilot test of the SALT mass casualty triage system

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 536-540

  Cone, David C ^a   Serra, John ^a   Burns, Kevin ^a   MacMillan, Donald S ^a   Kurland, Lisa ^b   Van Gelder, Carin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Emergency medical services; Emergency medical technicians; Mass casualty; SALT; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PILOT STUDY; SALT MASS CASUALTY TRIAGE SYSTEM;

DISASTER PLANNING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRIAGE;

EID: 70149118419     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802706252     Document Type: Article

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