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IT-Supported Management of Mass Casualty Incidents: The e-Triage Project [PDF]
, 2011 Voice, analogue mobile radio, and paper have been successfully used for decades for coordination of emergencies and disasters, but although being simple and robust this approach cannot keep pace with today’s requirements any more.
Adler, Christine +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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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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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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Burn Mass Casualty Incident Planning in Alberta: A Case Study
, 2023 There is a lack of burn mass casualty incident (BMCI) preparedness across Canada. Alberta has three important elements which make it ready to be the first province with a BMCI response plan: a singular health authority to plan for, two burn centres, and ...
Fuchko, Danielle Holly
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Potrzeba standaryzacji segregacji medycznej w zdarzeniach masowych [PDF]
, 2021 There is no global consensus on the use of prehospital triage systems in mass casualty incidents. This heterogeneity constitutes a particular threat in the event of a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI), which often involves rescue personnel from different ...
Nordling, Johan +20 more
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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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Challenges Related to Mass Casualty Incidents
, 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
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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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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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