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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021 Background There is no global consensus on the use of prehospital triage system in mass casualty incidents. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the most commonly used pre-existing prehospital triage systems for the possibility of creating one ...
Amir Khorram-Manesh +5 more
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Pediatric Disaster Preparedness [PDF]
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2014 The modern world is affected by many types of disasters that result in large numbers of mass civilian casualties. Children are particularly vulnerable during disasters and mass-casualty incidents.
Eun Seok Hong
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Pre-hospital triage performance after standardized trauma courses
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2017 Background The pre-hospital triage process aims at identifying and prioritizing patients in the need of prompt intervention and/or evacuation. The objective of the present study was to evaluate triage decision skills in a Mass Casualty Incident drill ...
Maria Lampi +4 more
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Kuala Lumpur train collision during the COVID-19 pandemic
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2022 Background Two city trains collided in an underground tunnel on 24 May 2021 at the height of COVID-19 pandemic near the Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, immediately after the evening rush hours.
Alzamani M. Idrose +5 more
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Maritime Sudden Mass Casualty Incidents
, 2018 On a cruise ship, there is an average of two physicians and three nurses on call for emergencies 24 h a day. Both the doctors and nurses are emergency medicine specialists. There is an average of one ventilator, 3–4 cardiac monitors, 5–8 pulse oxymeters,
Mauricio Lynn, Lynn, Mauricio
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Progress in the organization of care injured in mass accidents with us and in the environment [PDF]
ABC: časopis urgentne medicine, 2016 In Serbia, mass casualty incidents happens almost every year. This situation is same in neighboring countries. All of us are noticed many problems in rescue victims, in the first place in organisation rescue teams and organisations, on scene management ...
Perge Goran
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JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2018 BackgroundChemical exposures pose a significant threat to life. A rapid assessment by first responders and emergency nurses is required to reduce death and disability.
Boltin, Nicholas +3 more
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Computer Simulation as a Tool for Assessing Decision-Making in Pandemic Influenza Response Training
Western 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
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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 +2 more
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Planning Exercises and Drills for Sudden Mass Casualty Incidents
, 2018 Key components for planning exercises and drills for sudden mass casualty incidents (SMCIs):A plan for response to a SMCI needs to be written before the drill.Provide lectures to explain the plan to all individuals who may be involved in the response:For
Mauricio Lynn, Lynn, Mauricio
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