Creation and delphi-method refinement of pediatric disaster triage simulations

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 282-289

  Cicero, Mark X ^a   Brown, Linda ^b   Overly, Frank ^b   Yarzebski, Jorge ^c   Meckler, Garth ^d   Fuchs, Susan ^e   Tomassoni, Anthony ^a   Aghababian, Richard ^c   Chung, Sarita ^f   Garrett, Andrew ^g   Fagbuyi, Daniel ^h   Adelgais, Kathleen ⁱ   Goldman, Ran ^j   Parker, James ^k   Auerbach, Marc ^a   Riera, Antonio ^a   Cone, David ^a   Baum, Carl R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HHS Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations   (United States)

^h CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^j Pediatric Emergency Research Canada   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Disaster medicine education; Emergency medical technicians; Paramedics; Pediatrics; Simulation; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELPHI STUDY; DISASTER MEDICINE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS DISASTER; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STANDARDS; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DISASTER MEDICINE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANIKINS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PEDIATRICS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84896476239     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2013.856505     Document Type: Article

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