External factors impacting hospital evacuations caused by hurricane Rita: The role of situational awareness

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 264-271

  Downey, Erin L ^a   Andress, Knox ^b,c   Schultz, Carl H ^d,e  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Louisiana Poison Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital evacuation; Hospital Incident Command System; National Incident Management System; patient tracking; situational awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CYCLONIC STORMS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878300911     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X13000125     Document Type: Article

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