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The Great Belt train accident: the emergency medical services response

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Major incidents (MI) are rare occurrences in Scandinavia. Literature depicting Scandinavian MI management is scarce and case reports and research is called for.
Peter Martin Hansen, Søren Bruun Jepsen, Søren Mikkelsen, Marius Rehn   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Tree of Life Synagogue Attack: A Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol‐18 Examination of Pre‐Attack Warnings and Post‐Attack Contagion and Copycat Effects

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This is a retrospective case study of an antisemitic lone actor terrorist who completed the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history. The analysis through the lens of the Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol (TRAP‐18) finds that 72% of the warning indicators were present, including four proximal warning ...
Molly Amman, Julia Kupper, J. Reid Meloy
wiley   +1 more source

Setting up and functioning of an Emergency Medicine Department: Lessons learned from a preliminary study

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2016
Background and Aims: Tertiary care teaching hospitals remain referral centres for victims of trauma and mass casualty. Often specialists from various disciplines manage these crowded casualty areas.
K Asish, Varun Suresh
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Baseline well-being, perceptions of critical incidents, and openness to debriefing in community hospital emergency department clinical staff before COVID-19, a cross-sectional study

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background Emergency department personnel routinely bear witness to traumatic experiences and critical incidents that can affect their own well-being. Peer support through debriefing has demonstrated positive impacts on clinicians’ well-being following ...
Laura Cantu, Listy Thomas
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A review on rockburst prediction and prevention to shape an ontology‐based framework for better decision‐making for underground excavations

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
A scientometric analysis of 2449 journal articles and a comprehensive review of 336 papers were conducted, discussing and identifying challenges and research gaps in rockburst prediction and prevention and proposing an ontology‐based framework for better decision‐making in underground excavations. Abstract With underground engineering projects becoming
Hongchuan Yan, Haijiang Li, Hongqiang Xie, Mingli Xiao, Jianliang Pei, Huaizhong Liu, Jiangda He   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching triage in disaster medicine – same subject, but different approach

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Disaster management is an inter-, intra-, and cross-disciplinary task in which different specialties partake. Triage is a crucial part of disaster education.
Amir Khorram-Manesh
doaj   +1 more source

Psychological resilience among emergency medical teams in Singapore

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
Problem: Emergency medical teams (EMTs) responding to mass casualty incidents attend to casualties in a chaotic, high-pressure and resource-limited environment that is vastly different from their day-to-day work. The nature of mass casualty incidents and
Eunice Chan, Jacqueline Tan, David Teng, Joy Quah, Jimmy Lee, Mathew Yeo, Pek Jen Heng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plasma miRNA as biomarkers for assessment of total-body radiation exposure dosimetry. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
The risk of radiation exposure, due to accidental or malicious release of ionizing radiation, is a major public health concern. Biomarkers that can rapidly identify severely-irradiated individuals requiring prompt medical treatment in mass-casualty ...
Wanchang Cui, Jinfang Ma, Yulei Wang, Shyam Biswal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An optimizing microseismic method for rock burst early warning based on mining production process

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
A classification early warning method of rock burst based on hourly microseismic data is proposed, which can be combined with the on‐site production process to provide more timely warning. Abstract Microseismic (MS) events have been reported in nearly every coal mining country, which could well lead to rock burst in underground coal mines.
Zepeng Han, Linming Dou, Wu Cai, Mingbo Chi, Guojun Xi, Shuai Chen, Biao Jiao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Swedish emergency hospital surgical surge capacity to mass casualty incidents

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background In Sweden the surgical surge capacity for mass casualty incidents (MCI) is managed by county councils within their dedicated budget. It is unclear whether healthcare budget constraints have affected the regional MCI preparedness.
Magnus Blimark, Per Örtenwall, Hans Lönroth, Peter Mattsson, Kenneth D. Boffard, Yohan Robinson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source