Mass casualty triage: An evaluation of the science and refinement of a national guideline

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-137

  Lerner, E Brooke ^a   Cone, David C ^b   Weinstein, Eric S ^c   Schwartz, Richard B ^d   Coule, Phillip L ^d   Cronin, Michael ^e   Wedmore, Ian S ^s   Bulger, Eileen M ^f   Mulligan, Deborah Ann ^g   Swienton, Raymond E ^h   Sasser, Scott M ⁱ   Shah, Umair A ^j   Weireter Jr , Leonard J ^k   Sanddal, Teri L ^l   Lairet, Julio ^m   Markenson, David ⁿ   Romig, Lou ^o   Lord, Gregg ^p   Salomone, Jeffrey ^q   O'Connor, Robert ^r   Hunt, Richard C ⁱ   more..

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c American College of Emergency Physicians and Carolinas Hospital System   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e American Trauma Society   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^j Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services   (United States)

^k EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation   (United States)

^m UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁿ NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^o MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^p National Commission on Children and Disasters   (United States)

^q EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^s NONE

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Author keywords

Guidelines; Model uniform core criteria for mass casualty triage; Responders; SALT triage; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIEF WORK; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858643591     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2011.39     Document Type: Article

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