The initial response to the Boston marathon bombing: Lessons learned to prepare for the next disaster

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 960-966

  Gates, Jonathan D ^a   Arabian, Sandra ^b   Biddinger, Paul ^c   Blansfield, Joe ^d   Burke, Peter ^d   Chung, Sarita ^e   Fischer, Jonathan ^f   Friedman, Franklin ^b   Gervasini, Alice ^c   Goralnick, Eric ^a   Gupta, Alok ^f   Larentzakis, Andreas ^c   McMahon, Maria ^d   Mella, Juan ^e   Michaud, Yvonne ^a   Mooney, David ^d   Rabinovici, Reuven ^b   Sweet, Darlene ^f   Ulrich, Andrew ^d   Velmahos, George ^c   Weber, Cheryl ^b   Yaffe, Michael B ^f   more..

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOMB; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXSANGUINATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS DISASTER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TERRORISM; TRAUMA SURGEON; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISASTER MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOMBS; BOSTON; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922319690     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000914     Document Type: Article

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