Trauma System Configurations in Other Countries. The Israeli Model

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1025-1040

  Soffer, Dror ^a   Klausner, Joseph M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Israel; Mass casualty; System; Terror; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; ISRAEL; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TRAUMA SYSTEM;

BLOOD BANKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84864340119     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2012.04.007     Document Type: Review

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