title: Braced for disaster.
abstract: Organized disaster or mass casualty incident planning is typically limited to prehospital, emergency department, operating room, and intensive care unit personnel. Such planning can be transferred to acute care situations as well.
authors.affiliation: West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc., Morgantown, USA.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ashcraft
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004189:Disaster Planning; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014903:West Virginia