Triage and trauma workload in mass casualty: A computer model

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1074-1081

  Hirshberg, Asher ^a   Frykberg, Eric R ^b   Mattox, Kenneth L ^c   Stein, Michael ^d  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Multiple casualty; Surge capacity; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MASS DISASTER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD; AWARENESS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INJURY SEVERITY; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; RESUSCITATION; WORK EXPERIENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; TRIAGE; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78549268717     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e50624     Document Type: Article

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