title: Pediatric disaster medicine.
abstract: Disaster situations often involve children. The specific injuries that may be expected and the implications of these injuries for both acute caregivers and disaster planners are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Holbrook
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005392:First Aid; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009026:Mortality; D010372:Pediatrics; D014218:Triage; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy