How Prepared are Hospital Employees for Internal Fire Disasters? A Study of an Indian Hospital
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Hospital preparation for disasters.
In this issue of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, Clarke et al have given an insightful look into issues surrounding the needs of hospitals responding to chemically contaminated victims of mass-casualty incidents.1 In doing so, they also have provided an opportunity to examine more general concerns related to disasters. It is intuitive that hospitals play a major role in disaster response; th...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Research Foundation of Hospital and Healthcare Administration
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2347-4254,2347-4602
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10035-1055