RT Book, Section
A1 Briggs, Susan M.
A2 Feliciano, David V.
A2 Mattox, Kenneth L.
A2 Moore, Ernest E.
SR Print(0)
ID 1175131222
T1 Disaster and Multiple/Mass Casualties
T2 Trauma, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260143348
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175131222
RD 2024/04/19
AB KEY  POINTSThe  objective  of  disaster  medical  care  is  the  “greatest  good  for  the  greatest  number  of  victims.”The  Incident  Command  System/Incident  Management  System  is  the  accepted  disaster  management  system  for  all  disasters,  regardless  of  size  or  etiology.Disaster  management  teams  are  based  on  functional  capabilities,  not  titles.The  goal  of  disaster  response  is  to  reduce  the  number  of  survivors  from  the  disaster  who  subsequently  die  (critical  mortality  rate).