Use of a portable forced air system to convert existing hospital space into a mass casualty isolation area

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 628-634

  Rosenbaum, Robert A ^a,b   Benyo, Jeffrey S ^a   O'Connor, Robert E ^a   Passarello, Brent A ^a   Williams, Daniel R ^a   Humphrey, Brian D ^a   Ross, Robert W ^a   Berry, James M ^a   Krebs, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a Departments of Public Safety

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALCULATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; ISOLATION UNIT; MACHINE; NEGATIVE PRESSURE; NOISE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WARD;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROPORE FILTERS; NOISE; PHYSICAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; VENTILATION;

EID: 9644282962     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.03.012     Document Type: Article

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