Triage during mass gatherings

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 531-535

  Turris, Sheila A ^a   Lund, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

acuity scales; crowds; disaster triage; mass gatherings; mass participation; triage

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MASS DISASTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84870438780     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12001446     Document Type: Review

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