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Correction: The implication of a translational triage tool in mass casualty incidents: part three: a multinational study, using validated patient cards. [PDF]

open access: yesScand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
Khorram-Manesh A   +13 more
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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
exaly   +3 more sources

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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Mass Casualty Incident

2012
You are the first medical responder in a mass casualty scene. The structured approach is required that includes declaring a major incident effectively. The reader is given two scenarios, the tools to perform triage sort and sieve, and exercises to test the ability to use it correctly. The scenario is loosely based on the London Bombings so the injuries
Denis D. Bensard   +63 more
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Case Managers in Mass Casualty Incidents

Annals of Surgery, 2009
To examine whether case managers affect patient evaluation/treatment/outcome and staffing requirements during Multiple Casualty Incidents (MCIs).Multiple patient relocations during MCIs may contribute to chaos. One hospital changed its MCI patient relocation policy during a wave of MCIs; rather than transfer patients from one medical team to another in
Sharon, Einav   +6 more
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Fatality management in mass casualty incidents

Forensic Science International, 1989
Medical involvement in mass casualty incidents requires proper planning and preparedness. In disaster situations, legal aspects concerning the dead add to the general problem of a lack of time, place and resources to maintain routine working conditions, and demand authority and competence.
P J, Hooft   +2 more
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Mass Casualty Imaging—Policy, Planning, and Radiology Response to Mass Casualty Incidents

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal, 2020
A mass casualty incident (MCI) is an event that generates more patients at one time than locally available resources can manage using routine procedures. By their nature, many of these incidents have no prior notice but result in large numbers of casualties with injuries that range in severity.
Siobhán B, O'Neill   +4 more
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