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Challenge Patient Dispatching in Mass Casualty Incidents [PDF]

, 2012
Efficient management of mass casualty incidents is complex, since regular emergency medical services struc-tures have to be switched to a temporary "disaster mode" involving additional operational and tactical struc-tures. Most of the relevant decisions have to be taken on-site in a provisional and chaotic environment.
Donner, Anton, Greiner-Mai, Thomas, Adler, Christine   +2 more
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Concrete silo collapse: emergency medical services response to a mass casualty incident [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Major incidents evolving from occupational accidents are very infrequent in Scandinavia and therefore, case reports are called for. On 26 November, 2024, a fatal occupational accident took place during the construction of a concrete silo in ...
Peter Martin Hansen, Marius Rehn, Rasmus Peter Jakobsen, Jesper Byrdorf, Simon Hestbech Lundorff, Søren Mikkelsen   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Data-Centric Load and QoS-Aware Body-to-Body Network Routing Protocol for Mass Casualty Incident

IEEE Access, 2021
Triage is the most important requirement of Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) where monitoring the vital signs of casualty is the crucial aspect to assess the severity of their current medical conditions.
Diana Olivia, Ashalatha Nayak, Mamatha Balachandra   +2 more
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Sudden-Onset Disaster Mass-Casualty Incident Response: A Modified Delphi Study on Triage, Prehospital Life Support, and Processes. [PDF]

Prehosp Disaster Med, 2023
The application and provision of prehospital care in disasters and mass-casualty incident response in Europe is currently being explored for opportunities to improve practice.
Cuthbertson J, Weinstein E, Franc JM, Jones P, Lamine H, Magalini S, Gui D, Lennquist K, Marzi F, Borrello A, Fransvea P, Fidanzio A, Benítez CY, Achaz G, Dobson B, Malik N, Neeki M, Pirrallo R, Castro Delgado R, Strapazzon G, Farah Dell'Aringa M, Brugger H, Rafalowsky C, Marzoli M, Fresu G, Kolstadbraaten KM, Lennquist S, Tilsed J, Claudius I, Cheeranont P, Callcut R, Bala M, Kerbage A, Vale L, Hecker NP, Faccincani R, Ragazzoni L, Caviglia M.   +37 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Understanding the psychological impacts of responding to a terrorist incident

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2021
Background: Responding to a mass casualty event can cause significant distress, even for highly trained medical and emergency services personnel. Objective: The purpose of the study was to understand more about first responders’ perspectives about their ...
Elena A. Skryabina, Naomi Betts, Richard Amlôt, Gabriel Reedy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

First Aid during Mass Casualty Incident on the Railway [PDF]

, 2023
Title: First Aid during Mass Casualty Incident on the Railway Objectives: The main aim of this work was to assess the first aid knowledge of railway carrier employees working as passenger train crew in relation to mass casualty incidents on the railway ...
Novotný, Petr
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Regional distribution of mass-casualty incidents by sub-type of incident.

, 2021
Regional distribution of mass-casualty incidents by sub-type of incident.
Jean-Claude Byiringiro (11559267), Mbonyintwari Donatien (11559258), Lotta Velin (10704460), Menelas Nkeshimana (11559261), Faustin Ntirenganya (11559270), Andreas Wladis (252022), Robert Riviello (377569), Jean-Marie Uwitonze (11559264), Laura Pompermaier (11559273)   +8 more
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Mass-Casualty Distribution for Emergency Healthcare: A Simulation Analysis

International 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

Annals 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 ), Bozeman, William P.   +1 more
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Criteria and models for the distribution of casualties in trauma-related mass casualty incidents: a systematic literature review protocol

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background One of the most critical practices in mass casualty incident management is vacating the victims from scene of the incident and transporting them to proper healthcare facilities.
Mohammad Reza Khajehaminian, Ali Ardalan, Sayed Mohsen Hosseini Boroujeni, Amir Nejati, Abbasali Keshtkar, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Omid Mahdi Ebadati E.   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source