Surge capacity volunteer perspectives on a field training exercise specifically designed to emphasize likely roles during a disaster response

Health Physics

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Emery, R J ^a   Sprau, D D ^b   Morecook, R C ^c   Herbold, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Houston Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Emergency planning; Handling; Operational topics; Radiological terrorism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SAFETY; ROLE PLAYING; TERRORISM; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER; DISASTER; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; SURGE CAPACITY; TEACHING; TEXAS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 70449723284     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181aeb3d5     Document Type: Article

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