Emergency department surge capacity: Recommendations of the Australasian surge strategy working group

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1350-1358

  Bradt, David A ^a   Aitken, Peter ^b,c   FitzGerald, Gerry ^d   Swift, Roger ^e,f   O'Reilly, Gerard ^g   Bartley, Bruce ^h  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Emergency medicine; Surge capacity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AUSTRALASIA; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SURGE CAPACITY;

EID: 71549173746     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00501.x     Document Type: Review

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