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The role of hospital medical teams at a major accident *
Author(s) -
FINCH PHILIP,
NANCEKIEVILL DAVID G.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1975.tb00929.x
Subject(s) - medicine , accident (philosophy) , plan (archaeology) , medical emergency , accident investigation , accident and emergency , operations management , forensic engineering , engineering , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , history
Despite an apparently adequate major accident plan which has been used successfully on two previous occasions, considerable difficulties were experienced by the mobile medical teams at the scene of the Moorgate tube train accident. The authors have attempted to describe the role and organisation of mobile medical teams placing particular emphasis on a simple and flexible plan.