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The incidence of mass casualty events has risen in recent years,2and they may occur anywhere at any time, stressing the need for every hospital to develop a disaster management plan (DMP) to meet the extraordinary demands created by these unique circumstances. These plans are created by represen...
Some of these tragedies can be characterized as mass casualty incidents, and the number of injured and killed exceeds the capacity of existing medical resources. Today, we are being called on to address new mass casualty threats posed by terrorists using conventional weapons, such as bombs, and ...
Transfusion support is a key enabler to the response to mass casualty events (MCEs). Transfusion demand and capability planning should be an integrated part of the medical planning process for emergency system preparedness. Historical reviews have recently supported demand planning for MCEs and mass ...
This manual is aimed to provide health care professionals, at the scene and at hospitals, as well as allied organizations, a practical and operational approach for planning the response to mass casualty incidents (MCI’s), with emphasis to the types of events that are sudden in nature, resulti...
As the nation reels from the tragedy, politicians and pundits have been pointing fingers as to who and what is to blame for these relatively rare butincreasingly commonpublic mass casualty events. At the forefront of the debate is therole of mental healthin these incidents, with some legis...
stations, country offices and security management teams in enhancing preparednessformass casualtyevents” (ibid., para. 1). daccess-ods.un.org daccess-ods.un.org 秘书长在报告中指出,“本组织必须制定一个有前瞻性的、具备中 央能力的协调一致的全面系统,协助联合国各工作地点、国家办事处和 安保管理小...
mass casualty Also found in:Acronyms,Wikipedia. Any large number of casualties produced in a relatively short period of time, usually as the result of a single incident such as a military aircraft accident, hurricane, flood, earthquake, or armed attack that exceeds local logistic support capabiliti...
12 Media coverage of mass shootings is intense,13 and some mass shootings are a form of public performance, meant to draw attention to one’s grievance and anger with the world. Mass shootings related to fame seeking have been increasing in recent years,14 leading to higher casualty counts ...
GAZA, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Thursday that its 60-bed field hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza, is nearly at full capacity following repeated mass casualty events. "The repeated mass casualty events resulting from the unrelenting hostilities ...