Simulation-assisted burn disaster planning

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1122-1130

  Nilsson, Heléne ^a,b   Jonson, Carl Oscar ^a,b   Vikström, Tore ^a,b   Bengtsson, Eva ^a   Thorfinn, Johan ^a,b   Huss, Fredrik ^c,d   Kildal, Morten ^c,d   Sjöberg, Folke ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burns; Mass casualty incidents; Preparedness; Rural areas; Surge capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SIMULATION; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BURNS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PREPAREDNESS; RURAL AREAS; SURGE CAPACITY;

BURN UNITS; BURNS; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PATIENT SIMULATION; RURAL POPULATION; SURGE CAPACITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84880929950     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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