Triage in mass-casualty events: The haitian experience

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 386-390

  Merin, Ofer ^a,b,c   Miskin, Ian N ^a,c,d   Lin, Guy ^e   Wiser, Itay ^a   Kreiss, Yitshak ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^e RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

disaster; earthquake emergency; field hospital; Haiti; humanitarian assistance; mass casualty; prehospital; triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HAITI; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; STATISTICS;

EARTHQUAKES; HAITI; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84860579939     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X11006856     Document Type: Article

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