Prehospital Trauma Care in Disasters and Other Mass Casualty Incidents - A Proposal for Hospital-Based Special Medical Response Teams

Current mass casualty incident (MCI) response in the United States calls for rapid deployment of first responders, such as law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services personnel, to the incident and simultaneous activation of trauma center disaster protocols. Past investigations demonstrate...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2021-03, Vol.13 (3), p.e13657
Main Authors: Neeki, Michael, DuMontier, Stephen, Toy, Jake, Archambeau, Benjamin, Goralnick, Eric, Pennington, Troy, Inaba, Kenji, Hammesfahr, Rick, Wong, David, Plurad, David S
Format: Article
Language:English
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Emergency Medicine
Public Health
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Summary:Current mass casualty incident (MCI) response in the United States calls for rapid deployment of first responders, such as law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services personnel, to the incident and simultaneous activation of trauma center disaster protocols. Past investigations demonstrated that the incorporation of advanced trauma-trained physicians and paramedics into prehospital teams resulted in improved mortality during routine emergency medical care in Europe and in the combat setting. To date, limited research exists on the incorporation of advanced trauma-trained physicians and paramedics into prehospital teams for civilian MCIs. We proposed the concept of Special Medical Response Teams, which would rapidly deploy advanced trauma-trained physicians and paramedics to deliver a higher level of medical and surgical care in the prehospital setting during civilian mass casualty incidents.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.13657