Improving Hospital Mass Casualty Preparedness Through Ongoing Readiness Evaluation

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 426-433

  Adini, Bruria ^a,b   Laor, Daniel ^a,b   Hornik Lurie, Tzipora ^b   Schwartz, Dagan ^b   Aharonson Daniel, Limor ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

benchmarks; emergency preparedness; evaluation; multicasualty event

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; ISRAEL; MASS DISASTER; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

BENCHMARKING; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; ISRAEL; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84866296664     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860611432303     Document Type: Article

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