Lessons learned from reviewing a hospital’s disaster response to the hydrofluoric acid leak in Gumi city in 2012.
March 22, 2021
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BMC Emergency Medicine volume
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Shin H, Oh SK, Lee HY, Chung H, Yoon SY, Choi SY, Kim JH
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21:34.
Abstract
Background
This study analyzed the characteristics of hydrogen fluoride-exposed patients (HFEPs) treated in the emergency department (ED) of a local university hospital, and reviewed the hospital’s disaster response according to space, staff, supplies, and systems (4Ss).
Methods
This retrospective observational chart review and descriptive study included 199 HFEPs among 2588 total ED patients who visited a local university emergency medical center for treatment between Septe