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Prehospital management of earthquake crush injuries: A collective review

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Earthquakes are natural disasters which can destroy the rural and urban infrastructure causing a high toll of injuries and death without advanced notice.
Fikri M. Abu-Zidan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Barriers and Facilitators of Inter-Organizational Management in Response to Mass Casualty Traffic Incidents: A Qualitative Study [PDF]

open access: yesBulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2021
Objective: To investigate and understand the current status of inter-organizational management in relief organizations as well as the relief organizations personnel behavior when facing mass traffic incidents (MCTI). The inter-organizational barriers and
Seyed Javad Sadat   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Strategy of Medical Rescue for Mass Casualty Incidents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Mass casualty incidents refer to the medical resources required in the rescue of casualties, which obviously exceed existing local medical resources in a relatively short period.
Wang, Heng
core   +1 more source

Challenges Related to Mass Casualty Incidents

open access: yes, 2016
This last chapter of the manual focuses on special challenges when managing sudden mass casualty incidents (SMCIs) and includes specific medical tips when handling patients suffering crush and blast injuries, the most common identification processes of ...
Mauricio Lynn, Lynn, Mauricio
core   +1 more source

Burns Mass Casualty Incident

open access: yes, 2018
Burns and thermal injuries are common in sudden mass casualty incidents (SMCIs) associated with explosions and fires (Figs. 6.1 and 6.2) and may present in the form of radiation, chemical, or flame burns. In addition, all types of burns may be associated
Mauricio Lynn   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Regional distribution of mass-casualty incidents by sub-type of incident.

open access: yes, 2021
Regional distribution of mass-casualty incidents by sub-type of incident.
Jean-Claude Byiringiro (11559267)   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Other Sudden Mass Casualty Incidents

open access: yes, 2016
This chapter focuses on planning and response for other types of sudden mass casualty incidents (SMCIs). It introduces the topic of sudden chemical mass casualty incidents (SCMCIs), analyzes the experience learned from the sarin gas attack in the Tokyo ...
Mauricio Lynn, Lynn, Mauricio
core   +1 more source

Computer Simulation as a Tool for Assessing Decision-Making in Pandemic Influenza Response Training

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013
Introduction: We sought to develop and test a computer-based, interactive simulation of a hypothetical pandemic influenza outbreak. Fidelity was enhanced with integrated video and branching decision trees, built upon the 2007 federal planning assumptions.
James M Leaming   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mass-Casualty Distribution for Emergency Healthcare: A Simulation Analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2020
This study focuses on the casualty-load distribution problem that arises when a mass casualty incident (MCI) necessitates the engagement of multiple medical facilities.
Mohsin Nasir Jat, Raza Ali Rafique
doaj   +1 more source

Mass casualty incident triage

open access: yesAnnals of Emergency Medicine, 2003
Annals of Emergency Medicine 41 (2003) 582-583.
Division of Field Operations Department of Emergency Medicine University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville, FL ( host institution )   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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