Preparedness of emergency departments in northwest England for managing chemical incidents: a structured interview survey
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Preparedness of emergency departments in northwest England for managing chemical incidents: a structured interview survey
BACKGROUND A number of significant chemical incidents occur in the UK each year and may require Emergency Departments (EDs) to receive and manage contaminated casualties. Previously UK EDs have been found to be under-prepared for this, but since October 2005 acute hospital Trusts have had a statutory responsibility to maintain decontamination capacity. We aimed to evaluate the level of prepared...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Emergency Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1471-227X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227x-7-20