Hospital-based emergency preparedness: Evacuation of the neonatal intensive care unit - The smallest and most vulnerable population

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-113

  Femino, Meg ^a   Young, Susan ^b   Smith, Vincent C ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency preparedness; emergency preparedness exercise; evacuation; hospital; intensive care units; neonatal intensive care

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED VENTILATION; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVACUATION EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

DISASTER PLANNING; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MANIKINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84872335823     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827b8bc5     Document Type: Review

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