Mass-Gathering Medicine: Creation of an Online Event and Patient Registry

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 601-611

  Lund, Adam ^a   Turris, Sheila A ^a   Amiri, Neda ^a   Lewis, Kerrie ^a   Carson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

concerts; database; emergency medicine; festival; mass gathering; mass participation; prehospital; registry; sporting event

Indexed keywords

CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CROWDING; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIRST AID; HUMANS; MASS BEHAVIOR; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84870431955     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12001367     Document Type: Review

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