Decision-support information system to manage mass casualty incidents at a level 1 trauma center

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 549-554

  Bar El, Yaron ^a,b   Tzafrir, Sara ^a   Tzipori, Idan ^a   Utitz, Liora ^a   Halberthal, Michael ^a   Beyar, Rafael ^a,b   Reisner, Shimon ^a,b  

^a Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decision support; Information system; Mass casualty incidents

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ISRAEL; MASS DISASTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ISRAEL; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84896543226     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2013.80     Document Type: Review

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