Responding to major burn disasters in resource-limited settings: Lessons learned from an oil tanker explosion in Nakuru, Kenya

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 573-576

  Van Kooij, Eline ^a   Schrever, Inge ^a   Kizito, Walter ^a   Hennaux, Martine ^a   Mugenya, George ^c   Otieno, Elvis ^a   Trelles, Miguel ^b   Ford, Nathan P ^a,d   Chu, Kathryn M ^a,e  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c Nakuru Provincial Hospital   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Mass burn disaster; Resource limited setting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURN; BURN CONTRACTURE; BURN DRESSING; BURN PATIENT; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPLOSION; FINGER AMPUTATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS DISASTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; BURNS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FUEL OILS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052704859     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181febc8f     Document Type: Article

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