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1.7 - Description and Management of Mass Casualties

from Section 1 - Resuscitation and Management of the Acutely Ill Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

By
Jonny Price  and
Scott Grier
Edited by
Ned Gilbert-Kawai ,
Debashish Dutta  and
Carl Waldmann
Ned Gilbert-Kawai
Affiliation:
The Royal Liverpool Hospital
Debashish Dutta
Affiliation:
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow
Carl Waldmann
Affiliation:
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
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Summary

Key Learning Points

  1. 1. Read and understand your organisation’s mass casualty plan. Know your role.

  2. 2. Plan for a surge in patients, and understand how additional capacity may be created.

  3. 3. Anticipate communication difficulties, and introduce redundancies to mitigate this risk.

  4. 4. Additional staff will be required for days to weeks afterwards.

  5. 5. Care for the physical and psychological health of your staff.

Keywords

mass casualtymedical incidentscommand and controlcommunication
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Intensive Care Medicine
The Essential Guide
 , pp. 18 - 20
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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References

References and Further Reading

Johnson, C, Cosgrove, JF. Hospital response to a major incident: initial considerations and longer term effects. BJA Education 2016;16:329–33.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lowes, AJ, Cosgrove, JF. Prehospital organisation and management of a mass casualty incident. BJA Education 2016;16:323–8.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mahoney, EJ, Biffl, WL, Cioffi, WG. Analytic review: mass-casualty incidents: how does an ICU prepare? J Intensive Care Med 2008;23:219.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Orban, J-C, Quintard, H, Ichai, C. ICU specialists facing terrorist attack: the Nice experience. Intensive Care Med 2017;43:683–5.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Shirley, P, Mandersloot, G. Clinical review: the role of the intensive care physician in mass casualty incidents: planning, organisation and leadership. Crit Care 2008;12:214.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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