Community engagement and pediatric disaster readiness in a large Urban disaster resource hospital network: The case of "The Great California ShakeOut"

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-186

  Balasuriya, Darshi ^a   Iverson, Ellen ^a,b   Burke, Rita V ^a   Upperman, Jeffrey S ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster preparedness; Earthquake drill; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; URBAN POPULATION;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PEDIATRICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84865644712     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2012.24     Document Type: Article

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