Lessons Learned From a Traumatic Brain Injury Mass Casualty Incident

Autor: Brendan, Killian, Roman, Clark, Collin, Hu
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Special Operations Medicine. 21:123
ISSN: 1553-9768
DOI: 10.55460/mazs-n4fp
Popis: In January 2020, an American base was attacked by the largest theater ballistic missile strike in history. This case report covers the resulting mass casualty (MASCAL) incident. In this case, we defined this incident as a MASCAL due to a lack of medical personnel available to properly and timely evaluate the patients. There was no loss of life during the attack but there were80 traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). This article focuses on lessons learned from diagnosing and treating Soldiers during a TBI MASCAL event.
Databáze: OpenAIRE