Terrorist bombings: Medical response in a developing country

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 561-566

  Zafar, Hasnain ^a   Jawad, Ahmed ^a   Shahzad Shamim, M ^a   Memon, Ayaz Ahmed ^a   Hameed, Aamir ^a   Shahrukh Effendi, M ^a   Qureshi, Saeed ^b  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Mass casualties; Terrorist bombing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PAKISTAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESCUE WORK; TERRORISM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VICTIM;

BLAST INJURIES; BOMBS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PAKISTAN; TERRORISM; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 79957761871     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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