Principles of emergency department facility design for optimal management of Mass-casualty incidents

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-212

  Halpern, Pinchas ^a   Goldberg, Scott A ^b   Keng, Jimmy G ^c   Koenig, Kristi L ^d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Disaster planning; Emergency; Hospital design and construction; Mass casualty incidents

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MASS DISASTER; MASS MEDIUM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SURGE CAPACITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMBULANCES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DECONTAMINATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MASS MEDIA; PATIENT ISOLATION; SECURITY MEASURES; SURGE CAPACITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 84862512907     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12000623     Document Type: Article

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