War and disaster are forcing a major rethink around mass casualty management - Horne S, Hunt P, Hall B, Jefferys S, Vassallo J, Gurney I.

Mass casualty events (MASCAL) do not follow the same rules as typical major incidents. In the West at least, the latter often occur in stable, networked trauma systems, whereas MASCAL are characterised by overwhelming numbers of patients, compounded by pro...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news