Fire in labor and delivery: Simulation case scenario

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-61

  Berendzen, Jodi A ^a   Van Nes, Jaclyn B ^a   Howard, Bobby C ^a   Zite, Nikki B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FIRE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; SAFETY;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MANIKINS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79951810672     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e318201351b     Document Type: Article

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