Full-scale regional exercises: Closing the gaps in disaster preparedness

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 592-598

  Klima, David A ^a   Seiler, Sarah H ^a   Peterson, Jeff B ^a   Christmas, A Britton ^a   Green, John M ^a   Fleming, Greg ^a   Thomason, Michael H ^a   Sing, Ronald F ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; Disaster preparedness; full scale exercise; mass casualty incident; tabletop

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGEMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SIMULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865955812     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318265cbb2     Document Type: Article

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