Hospital-related incidents; Causes and its impact on disaster preparedness and prehospital organisations

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Khorram Manesh, Amir ^a   Hedelin, Annika ^a   Örtenwall, Per ^a  

^a Centre for Prehospital and Disaster Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

CROWDING; DISASTER PLANNING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 77957189911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-17-26     Document Type: Article

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