Management of mass casualties due to COVID-19: handling the dead
| Autor: | Gerard A. Baltazar, Patrizio Petrone, Ricardo A Jacquez, Collin E. Brathwaite, D’Andrea K. Joseph |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Disaster Planning Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Occupational safety and health Body collection point Unit (housing) Morgues 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care Pandemic Humans Mass Casualty Incidents Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Natural disaster Pandemics 030222 orthopedics Contingency plan SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Mass Casualty Mass casualties medicine.disease Emergency Medicine Original Article Surgery Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery |
| ISSN: | 1863-9941 1863-9933 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00068-021-01717-w |
| Popis: | A high number of fatalities can occur during major disasters or during events like the COVID-19 pandemic. In a natural disaster, the dead must be removed from disaster sites while rescue work is in progress; otherwise, the health and safety of the community are threatened. The COVID-19 pandemic is analogous to a natural disaster with mass casualties where the disaster sites are hospitals with morgues that are overwhelmed. As the number of the deceased rise rapidly and hospital morgues are at their full capacity, hospitals use what is called a Body Collection Point (BCP). BCP is defined as a temporary refrigeration unit used to store decedents until transport is arranged. Decedents should always be handled in a manner denoting respect, and provisions and management of resources should be properly mobilized to ensure this. Contingency plans must be created to prepare for worsening of the disaster that further overwhelms the capacity of the health care systems. |
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