Pediatric emergency preparedness training: Are we on a path toward national dissemination?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Ablah, Elizabeth ^a   Tinius, Annie M ^a   Konda, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curricula; Emergency; National; Pediatric; Preparedness; Standardized; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; DISASTER MEDICINE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; MASS COMMUNICATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

CHILD; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 70349236935     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ad345e     Document Type: Article

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