Disaster and mass casualty events in the pediatric population

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-270

  Burke, Rita V ^a   Iverson, Ellen ^a   Goodhue, Catherine J ^a   Neches, Robert ^b   Upperman, Jeffrey S ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Disaster preparedness; Hospitals; Surgery; Training; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VICTIM;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS;

EID: 77957253949     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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