Is your hospital ready for a natural or man-made disaster

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue , 2011, Pages 699-702

  Wear, J O ^a  

^a Scientific Enterprises Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

disasters; engineers; hospitals; man made; natural

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ENGINEERS; CLINICAL STAFF; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS; HOSPITAL ENGINEERS; INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT; MAN-MADE; MAN-MADE DISASTERS; NATURAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; POWER OUTAGE;

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OUTAGES; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STORMS; TERRORISM;

DISASTERS;

EID: 80455162692     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23508-5_182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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