Mass casualty incident training in a resource-limited environment

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 356-361

  Leow, J J ^a,e   Brundage, S I ^a,b   Kushner, A L ^a,c   Kamara, T B ^a,f   Hanciles, E ^a,f   Muana, A ^a,f   Kamara, M M ^a,g   Daoh, K S ^a,h   Kingham, T P ^a,d  

^a Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^g Office of National Security   (Sierra Leone)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SIERRA LEONE; TEACHING;

CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; SIERRA LEONE; TEACHING; TRIAGE;

EID: 84856479421     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7762     Document Type: Article

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