RT Book, Section
A1 Briggs, Susan M.
A2 Moore, Ernest E.
A2 Feliciano, David V.
A2 Mattox, Kenneth L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141185806
T1 Disaster and Mass Casualty
T2 Trauma, 8e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071847292
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141185806
RD 2024/04/23
AB No  one  can  predict  the  time,  location,  or  complexity  of  the  next  disaster.  The  management  of  the  medical  effects  of  contemporary  disasters,  whether  natural  or  man-made,  is  one  of  the  most  significant  challenges  facing  medical  providers  today.  Disaster  medical  care,  including  trauma  care,  is  not  the  same  as  conventional  medical  care.  Disaster  medical  care  requires  a  fundamental  change  (“crisis  management  care”)  in  the  care  of  disaster  victims  in  order  to  achieve  the  objective  of  providing  the  “greatest  good  for  the  greatest  number  of  individuals.”1,2,3,4,5  The  demands  of  disaster  medical  care  have  changed  over  the  past  decade,  both  in  the  scope  of  medical  care,  the  type  of  threats,  and  the  field  of  operations  (Fig.  8-1).  Mass  casualty  incidents  (MCI)  are  events  causing  numbers  of  casualties  large  enough  to  disrupt  the  health  care  services  of  the  affected  region.  This  is  in  contrast  to  multiple  casualty  events  in  which  medical  resources  are  strained  (prehospital  and/or  hospital  resources)  but  not  overwhelmed.  Demand  for  resources  always  exceeds  the  Supply  of  available  resources  in  a  disaster.