Emergency department response to terrorism.
Emergency department personnel have distinct responsibilities: to promptly identify patients who have been victims of terrorism; to preserve associated forensic evidence; and to concurrently safeguard other patients, personnel, and the community. Knowledge of the agents used as terrorist weapons as...
| Publicado en: | Topics in Emergency Medicine Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 50 - 78 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Jan-Mar2005
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