'Lessons learned': A comparative case study analysis of an emergency department response to two burns disasters

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 420-429

  Little, Mark ^a,c   Cooper, Jim ^a   Gope, Monica ^a   Hahn, Kelly A ^a   Kibar, Cem ^a   McCoubrie, David ^a   Ng, Conrad ^a   Robinson, Annie ^a   Soderstrom, Jessamine ^a   Leclercq, Muriel ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burns; Disaster; Emergency department; Mass casualty

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BOMB; BURN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PANENDOSCOPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THERAPY EFFECT;

BOMBS; BURNS; COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXPLOSIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84864780368     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2012.01578.x     Document Type: Article

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