Be prepared - The Boston marathon and mass-casualty events

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1958-1960

  Biddinger, Paul D ^a,b   Baggish, Aaron ^a,e   Harrington, Lori ^c,d   D'Hemecourt, Pierre ^e   Hooley, James ^c,d,f   Jones, Jerrilyn ^c   Kue, Ricky ^c,d   Troyanos, Chris ^e   Dyer, K Sophia ^c,d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Boston Universit   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Boston Athletic Association   (United States)

^f Boston Public Health Commissions   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

AMBULANCE; BLEEDING; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPLOSION; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RUNNING; SHORT SURVEY; TERRORISM; TOURNIQUET; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877973164     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1305480     Document Type: Article

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