Chest
Volume 133, Issue 5, Supplement, May 2008, Pages 8S-17S
Definitive Care for the Critically Ill During a DisasterDefinitive Care for the Critically Ill During a Disaster: Current Capabilities and Limitations: From a Task Force for Mass Critical Care Summit Meeting, January 26–27, 2007, Chicago, IL
Key Words
disaster medicine
influenza pandemic
mass casualty medical care
surge capacity
Abbreviations
DMAT
Disaster Medical Assistance Team
ED
emergency department
NDMS
National Disaster Medical System
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† A list of Task Force members is given in the Appendix.
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