Critical care management of major disasters: A practical guide to disaster preparation in the intensive care unit

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Corcoran, Shawn P ^a   Niven, Alexander S ^a   Reese, Jason M ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; disaster; emergency mass critical care; mass critical care management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPLOSION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HURRICANE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MASS DISASTER; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHECKLIST; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPACE MAINTENANCE; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84856192214     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066610393639     Document Type: Article

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