Hospital incident command groups’ performance during major incident simulations: a prospective observational study
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Measures of effectiveness of hospital incident command system performance.
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-020-00763-4