Hurricane Ike and the university of Texas medical branch hospital's evacuation;Hurrikan Ike : Evakuierung des universitätsklinikums der university of Texas medical branch

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Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1244-1251

  Maybauer, D M ^a,b   Megna, M ^c   Kafka, G ^d   Maybauer, M O ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d Notarztdienst Günzburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chief Executive Officer; Disaster medical response; Evacuation; Large scale disaster; Natural disaster

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AMBULANCE; DISASTER PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HURRICANE; MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; COMMUNICATION; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEXAS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 73649136064     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-009-1643-8     Document Type: Review

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