Leadership and hospital preparedness: Disaster management and emergency services in pediatrics

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Gamble, Mark S ^a   Hanners, Rodney B ^b   Lackey, Connie ^c   Beaudin, Christy L ^b  

^a Southern California Association of Governments   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c Center for Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster preparedness, Leadership; Emergency services; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP;

EID: 70349240299     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181af069f     Document Type: Article

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