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Paris Olympics and Paralympics: Insights from nationwide coordination in preparedness, supply chain management and blood inventory

Vox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract The Paris 2024 Olympic Games posed a unique challenge due to their scale, associated risks and the need for robust healthcare preparedness. This review outlines the forecasting and anticipatory measures taken by the Etablissement français du sang (EFS) to ensure a resilient blood supply chain throughout the event.
Jean‐Baptiste Thibert, Hervé Meinrad, Thibaut Bocquet, Marjolaine Jacques, Thierry Baudonet, Pierre Tiberghien, Sabine Cléophax, Syria Laperche, Pierre Gallian, Sophie Le Cam   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mass Casualty Incident Response and Aeromedical Evacuation in Antarctica

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2011
Antarctica is one of the most remote regions on Earth. Mass casualty incident (MCI) responses in Antarctica are prone to complications from multiple environmental and operational challenges.
Mills, Christopher N, Mills, Gregory H
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Blood supply continuity and emergency preparedness in natural and man‐made disasters and in armed conflicts—The Nordic perspectives

Vox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent events have highlighted the urgent need for comprehensive blood preparedness plans at local, regional, national and cross‐border levels within the Nordic countries. This article outlines the perspectives and strategies related to blood preparedness in Norway, Sweden and Finland, in the context of emergencies, disasters and armed ...
Agneta Wikman, Christian Medby, Denise Bäckström, Jarkko Ihalainen, Markus Lyyra, Patrik Nimberger‐Hansson, Geir Strandenes, Jouni Lauronen, Torunn Apelseth   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Dichotomies of Crisis: Different Yet Valid Realities of the Lindt Café Siege

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Over a decade after the Lindt Café Siege saw a lone gunman take hostage 18 people over a 16‐h period resulting in two deaths, the decisions and actions from police and emergency services continue to be scrutinised. When such volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous events occur, they give rise to dichotomies in the perception of (i) crisis; (
Dimitra (Jenny) Cartwright, Greg Drummond   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mass Fatality Management in Crisis and Wartime Conditions: Institutional Gaps in Civil Emergency Preparedness

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Mass fatality events represent one of the most challenging consequences of large‐scale crises and armed conflicts, yet they remain underexplored within crisis management and civil emergency preparedness research. While considerable attention is devoted to immediate life‐saving response and critical infrastructure protection, the management of ...
Irena Tušer, Katarína Mäkká, Hana Malachová   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mass casualty incident vehicle

, 2015
U ovom radu napravit ćemo predprojekt za prenamjenu postojećeg autobusa iz voznog parka ZET-a u medicinsko vozilo s mogućnošću primanja veće količine unesrećenih osoba.
Novotni, Davor
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Contemporary disasters may not kill more women than men: an empirical inquiry into sex‐differentiated fatalities in the twenty‐first century

Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 3, July 2026.
Abstract This study investigates the claim that women are disproportionately more likely to die in disasters by reviewing existing data sources and compiling new datasets on sex‐differentiated disaster fatalities in the twenty‐first century. The analysis is structured by disaster type, covering geophysical, meteorological, climatological, hydrological,
Olivier Rubin
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Emergency Medicine Residents’ Comfort in Responding to Mass Casualty Incidents: A Cost-Effective Exercise Utilizing Real-Time Feedback

Open Access Emergency Medicine
Sara L Wattenbarger Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USACorrespondence: Sara L Wattenbarger, Email swattenbarger@health.southalabama.eduBackground: Mass casualty incidents present significant challenges to ...
Wattenbarger SL
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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
openaire   +3 more sources

Model Uniform Core Criteria for Mass Casualty Triage

, 2011
There is a need for model uniform core criteria for mass casualty triage because disasters frequently cross jurisdictional lines and involve responders from multiple agencies who may be using different triage tools.

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