Burning man 2011: Mass gathering medical care in an austere environment

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 469-476

  Bledsoe, Bryan ^a   Songer, Pat ^b   Buchanan, Kelly ^a   Westin, Jeff ^a   Hodnick, Ryan ^a   Gorosh, Loren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Humboldt General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning Man; Mass gatherings; Outdoor events

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; DESERT CLIMATE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMANS; MALE; NEVADA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84865760676     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.695432     Document Type: Article

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