Triage and Air Evacuation Strategy for Mass Casualty Events: A Model Based on Combat Experience
| Autor: | Saleh Daher, Ori Ganor, Gil Hirschhorn, Yana Yegorov, Nachman Ash, Yuval Ran, Eran Hadad, Udi Katzenell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Warfare
medicine.medical_specialty Military medicine medicine Humans Mass Casualty Incidents Israel Trauma Severity Indices Surge Capacity business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine medicine.disease Triage Hospitals humanities Mass-casualty incident Navy Military personnel Military Personnel Transportation of Patients Cohort Emergency medicine Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | Military Medicine. 176:647-651 |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X 0026-4075 |
| Popis: | Background: Management of combat casualties should optimize outcomes by appropriate patient triage, prehospital care, and rapid transport to the most capable medical facility, while avoiding overwhelming individual facilities. Methods: Planning the medical support for the campaign was done by the medical department of the IDF Southern command in cohort with the medical department of the Homefront command. Data collection and analysis were done by the Trauma Branch of the Medical corp. Results: 339 soldiers were injured, among them were 10 fatalities. Five hospitals received casualties, although the 2 regional hospitals received 84% of the primary evacuation load. The majority of urgently injured soldiers (90%) were evacuated by air, as opposed to 59% of non-urgently injured soldiers. Conclusions: In a cross border setting, airlifting the urgent casualties to farther away level I trauma centers provides appropriate care for them, while not crossing the “surge capacity” line for the near-by medical ... |
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