Haiti earthquake 2010: A field hospital pediatric perspective

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 519-525

  Farfel, Alon ^a   Assa, Amit ^a,b   Amir, Itzhac ^a   Bader, Tarif ^a   Bartal, Carmi ^c   Kreiss, Yitshak ^a   Sagi, Ram ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disaster medicine; Earthquake; Field hospital; Pediatric emergency department

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PEDIATRIC WARD; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HAITI; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954423931     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1423-8     Document Type: Review

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