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Role of Primary Care Physicians in Mass Casualty Incidents

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2012
Neeti Rustagi, Jugal Kishore
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Prehospital Patient Triage in Mass Casualty Incidents: An engineering management analysis and prototype strategy recommendation

, 2009
A significant triage deficiency ("under-triage") may occur when "minor" or "moderate" casualties are actually injured worse than those initially triaged as immediate at the prehospital mass casualty scene.
Neal, Daniel James
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Specific tasks of Emergency Medical Dispatch centre when dealing with mass casualty.

, 2018
The goal of this thesis was to analyze processes of the Emergency Medical Dispatch Center of the Emergency Medical Service of the Pilsen Region (ZOS ZZS Pk) when dealing with a mass casualty incident.
VODEHNALOVÁ, Ivana
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The emotional and psychological impact of mass casualty incidents on forensic odontologists

, 2002
Motivated by the findings of a previous research project, 38 forensic odontologists with known occupational experience of mass casualty incidents completed a questionnaire designed to elicit both quantitative and qualitative data.
Webb, D. A., Pretty, I. A., Sweet, D.
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Preparation for Mass Casualty Incidents

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 2015
Mass casualty incidents are events where the number of injured patients exceeds the resources of the health care institution to the degree that care may not be available or may be limited for a portion of the casualties. Mass casualty incidents are increasing in frequency throughout the United States.
Scott B Davidson
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Burns Mass Casualty Incident

, 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 with inhalation of fumes or vapor that further damages the airway and lungs.
Mauricio Lynn, Nicholas Namias
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Improving Emergency Response to Mass Casualty Incidents

2008 Sixth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), 2008
Mass casualty incidents generate a sequence of response events from the emergency services, requiring the allocation and use of resources in a timely fashion. In this paper we describe a pervasive system that helps emergency services optimize their efficiency and coordination.
Marcus Lucas da Silva, Vassilis Kostakos, Mitsuji Matsumoto   +2 more
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The Impact of Mass Casualty Incidents on Intensive Care Units

Australian Critical Care, 2020
Objectives: Mass casualty incidents occur worldwide and have the capacity to overwhelm local healthcare facilities. There has been much research into how these events are managed in the prehospital environment and in the emergency department.
David Sellers, Jamie Ranse
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Emergency Response to Mass Casualty Incidents in Lebanon

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2013
AbstractThe emergency response to mass casualty incidents in Lebanon lacks uniformity. Three recent large-scale incidents have challenged the existing emergency response process and have raised the need to improve and develop incident management for better resilience in times of crisis.
El Sayed M.J.
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Embracing uncertainty in mass casualty incidents

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2022
Uncertainty is the defining state of the first minutes and hours of a mass casualty event, yet decisions must be taken and actions must happen before the picture is complete. To move forwards in face of uncertainty, we must acknowledge that there will be insufficient information for us to be comfortable in our decisions and actions.
Rosel, Tallach, Karim, Brohi
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