Information technology and emergency medical care during disasters

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1229-1236

  Chan, Theodore C ^a   Killeen, Jim ^a   Griswold, William ^a   Lenert, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; disasters; informatics; multicasualty incidents; technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DISASTER; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENT; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

CALIFORNIA; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 7444272677     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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