Three phases of disaster relief in Haiti-pediatric surgical care on board the United States Naval Ship Comfort

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1978-1984

  Walk, Ryan M ^a   Donahue, Timothy F ^a   Sharpe, Richard P ^b   Safford, Shawn D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster relief planning; Disasters; Earthquakes, Haiti; Pediatrics; Surgical procedures, operative; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; HAITI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAVY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIEF WORK; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HAITI; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NAVAL MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; SHIPS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80054749402     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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