Evolution of operative interventions by two university-based surgical teams in haiti during the first month following the earthquake

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 206-211

  Sarani, Babak ^a   Mehta, Samir ^a   Ashburn, Michael ^a   Gupta, Rajan ^b   Dombroski, Derek ^a   Raymonville, Maxi ^c   Schwab, C William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care University of Pennsylvania ^*  (Haïti)

Author keywords

disaster; disaster response; earthquake medical response; emergency surgery; mass casualty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL SURGERY; HAITI; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GENERAL SURGERY; HAITI; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84855563519     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X11006236     Document Type: Article

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