Disaster preparedness of nationally certified emergency medical services professionals

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-412

  Fernandez, Antonio R ^a   Studnek, Jonathan R ^b   Margolis, Gregg S ^a   Mac Crawford, J ^c   Bentley, Melissa A ^a   Marcozzi, David ^d  

^a National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECERTIFICATION; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CERTIFICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; TEACHING; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954574090     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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