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03-05-2021 | Letter to the Editor

Paradigm change in mass casualty incident command by collective leadership and swarm intelligence

Authors: Amila Ratnayake, Sanjeewa Garusinghe, Tamara Worlton, Miklosh Bala

Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Issue 5/2022

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Title: Paradigm change in mass casualty incident command by collective leadership and swarm intelligence
Authors: Amila Ratnayake
Sanjeewa Garusinghe
Tamara Worlton
Miklosh Bala
Publication date: 03-05-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery / Issue 5/2022
Print ISSN: 1863-9933
Electronic ISSN: 1863-9941
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-021-01680-6

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