Mass casualty incidents impose a large burden on theemergency medical systems, hospitals and community infrastructures. The pre-hospital and hospital capacities are usually bear the burden of casualties large numbers. One of the challenging issues in mass casualty incidents is the distribution of casualt...
Mass Casualty Incidents: Organizational and Triage-Management Issues that Impact Critical CareMichael ChristianLewis RubinsonFrederick Burkle
Mass shooting incidents increased during the pandemic, data shows In the last two years, conversations around mental health and the potential impact on mass casualty incidents have been augmented by the onset of the pandemic. Since the early days of the pandemic, officials have been warning t...
Lack of knowledge of an NHS trust's major incident policies by clinical staff may result in poorly coordinated responses during a mass casualty incident (MCI). To audit knowledge of the major incident policy by clinical staff working in a central London major acute NHS trust designated to receiv...
The severity and complexity of mass casualty injuries demand the use of specialized treatment approaches within a limited time period and, in most of the cases, with restricted resources. While these treatment methods are uni...
aWhile some mass casualty incidents may follow the pattern of an intense, short-time peak of activity, others (e.g. bioterrorism incidents) will present the community and health system with rapidly increasing demands that plateau and have to be addressed for days or weeks. 当一些大量伤亡事件也...
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...
Mass shootings related to fame seeking have been increasing in recent years,14 leading to higher casualty counts that make headlines. Fame-seeking perpetrators are often young White males targeting schools.15 On the other hand, perpetrators of mass shootings are often actively suicidal prior to ...
Mass casualty incidents (MCI) have been defined by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) as “any event resulting in a number of victims large enough to disrupt the normal course of emergency and health care services”1. Natural disasters, man-made disasters such as war or bioterrorism ...