Regional variation in critical care evacuation needs for children after a mass casualty incident

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-149

  Kanter, Robert K ^a,b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Interhospital transport; Pediatric intensive care; Quantitative model; Regional resources

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MASS DISASTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AMBULANCES; CHILD; CRITICAL CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; NEW YORK; PATIENT TRANSFER; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84865328052     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2012.30     Document Type: Article

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