Improved trauma system multicasualty incident response: Comparison of two train crash disasters

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 783-788

  Cryer, H Gill ^a   Hiatt, Jonathan R ^a   Eckstein, Marc ^a   Chidester, Cathy ^a   Raby, Stephanie ^a   Ernst, Timothy G ^a   Margulies, Dan ^a   Putnam, Brant ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Gaspard, Donald ^a   Singh, Rambir ^a   Saad, Shawki ^a   Samuel, Christojohn ^a   Upperman, Jeffery S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Mass casualty incident; Metrolink train; Performance improvement; Trauma system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS DISASTER; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOS ANGELES; RAILROADS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77951052666     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d03b8c     Document Type: Article

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