Pediatric disaster preparedness: Are we really prepared?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Gausche Hill, Marianne ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Disaster; DMAT; Institute of Medicine; Multicasualty incidents; Preparedness; Schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METABOLIC RATE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349263328     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181af2fff     Document Type: Article

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