Mass Casualty Incidents
As the military saying goes, “Prior planning prevents poor performance.” This phrase can be applied to preparing for mass casualty incidents. Check this page for articles and resources on ensuring you and your department are ready for the unexpected, as well as the latest updates on major incidents in the United States and across the world.
Calls involving celebrities, chemical restraint, protests and mass shootings are just some of the scenarios that will put you in the public eye
The chief officers, firefighters, EMTs and paramedics who responded to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol describe responding to the ill and injured
Have we taken the lessons learned from 9/11 and truly changed our practices?
The Parkland school has had one code red (active shooter) drill, two fire drills and five false alarms since school began on Aug. 15
Each year at ground zero, victims’ relatives infuse the ceremony with personal messages of remembrance, inspiration and concern
Police Chief Eliot Isaac said the shooter opened fire at the loading dock of the Fifth Third Bank building
Training rescue task force medics and SWAT medics for responding to mass casualty incidents
A task force commissioned in the aftermath of the Parkland mass shooting calls for better communication about potential threats
More than 300 Anne Arundel County school nurses and health assistants were trained in the grim but necessary skills to handle a school shooting
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said authorities believe 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore carried out the attack at the Jacksonville Landing
After DHS announced a grant for high school tourniquet training, EMS1 readers weighed in on if students should be trained to help their peers in a mass shooting
“One of the bigger trends is EMS actually going in while the event is occurring rather than waiting until it’s all over to come in,” Capt. Andrew Winters said
Henry Ford Allegiance Health staged a full-scale emergency exercise of a mass shooting designed to test its response, and the response of several other agencies
DHS grant to teach tourniquet application puts direct pressure on kids to help other kids during a mass shooting and before EMS arrives
The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications for the School-Age Trauma Training grant
A bridge on a highway linking Italy with France collapsed in the city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, sending vehicles plunging
Wall-mounted stations each contain eight bleeding control kits, giving each school 24 smaller sets of tools that can be used in the most serious of emergencies
NFPA 3000 is a framework for preparing EMS agencies, fire departments, other responders and communities for active shooter incident response and recovery
Washington County EMS called the crisis a “mass casualty incident,” and 27 concert-goers were transported to the hospital
Some EMS providers, firefighters and police officers say the scale and sometimes sheer gruesomeness of their experiences haunt them
A spokeswoman for a hospital near the newspaper said two patients had arrived there but she didn’t know their conditions
The Oshkosh Fire Department will use a grant to purchase 10 sets of ballistic vests, helmets and accessories
Make information sharing a part of your mass casualty incident protocols, especially in incidents involving children or unknown illness
During a six-hour class Thursday, the Calhoun County School System nurses heard from medical professionals about the best wound-care techniques to use
The new trauma kits, which are tested on Afghanistan battlefields, include tourniquets, hyfin vents that can be applied to a chest wound and medicated gauze
Dispatcher Jessica Brooks and Yvens Carrenard bonded after Brooks stayed on the phone with Carrenard during the shooting until he could be rescued
These concepts will yield more prepared, capable and resilient communities
For emergency responders, trauma from an act of mass violence can create a cyclical pattern of negative thinking
The 911 landscape has changed as acts of mass violence and other multi-caller/multi-victim high-threat incidents begin to increase
Paramedic chiefs and field providers have much to learn from the FBI’s ongoing summary and analysis of active shooter incidents
The 911 calls released by police reveal the surreal confusion on the ground during and after the massacre
All organizations should develop an emergency action plan and train to respond to active shooter scenarios
Deputy Chief Michael McNally asked six times for permission to send in specialized teams of police officers and paramedics
