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(P1-27) Jumbo Air Crash: A Serious Disaster Management Question

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2011

F. Lévy
F. Lévy
Affiliation:
Medical Rescue Service, Colmar, France
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Abstract

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The new jumbo jets, such as the Airbus680, which can transport 600 to 800 passengers, need special consideration in case of a crash, especially if the crash occurs near the airport. Survival parameters depend on the effect of the brutal deceleration and the high probability of thermic effects due to fire, but also the toxicity of the smoke. These new jets requires a different approach to planning for crashes. The scale of the disaster will be totally new in terms of numbers of casualties, numbers of fatalities, and numbers of family members to for whom to provide psychological and technical information. In addition, the problem of identification of the victims will be heightened, and will require more forensic teams. There is, in fact, only one way to manage this kind of disaster: international cooperation and coordination.

Type
Poster Abstracts 17th World Congress for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 26 , Supplement S1 , May 2011 , pp. s107
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2011