Care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: Groundbreaking results from the task force on mass critical care

Chest

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 881-883

  Sandrock, Christian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84907938294     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-1900     Document Type: Editorial

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