TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Hospital-based disaster preparedness for pediatric patients: how to design a realistic set of drill victims
JO  - American journal of disaster medicine
A1  - Ballow, Shana
A1  - Behar, Solomon
A1  - Claudius, Ilene
A1  - Stevenson, Kathleen
A1  - Neches, Robert
A1  - Upperman, Jeffery S.
SP  - 171
EP  - 180
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this report is to describe an innovative idea for hospital pediatric victim disaster planning. DESIGN: This is a descriptive manuscript outlining an innovative approach to exercise planning. SETTING: All hospitals. PATIENTS: In this report, we describe a model set of patients for pediatric disaster simulation. RESULTS: An epidemiologically based set of mock victims. CONCLUSIONS: We believe that by enhancing pediatric disaster simulation exercises, hospital personnel and decision makers will be better prepared for an actual disaster event involving pediatric victims.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1932-149X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -