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.
Tactical emergency medical support medics were able to get to victims of the Pittsburgh shooting quickly and render aid
Introducing paradigm-shifting research in an effort to influence policy changes needed to save more lives in mass shooting responses
20-60-90 minute rule underscores the importance of rapidly accessing trauma patients and transporting patients to definitive surgical care
The disaster warning gaps are both technological and psychological
Students in Australia discuss a recent mass casualty scenario and the development of a debriefing model for maximum learning after the event
50 people sickened at a homeless shelter is a reminder that there needs to be a process in place to handle multi-patient scenes
30 other victims were hospitalized with severe burns after the brakes of the truck failed and it slammed into a bus station
The new vehicle is a faster and easier way to get multiple patients to the hospital
Cops outside the Texas restaurant shot armed bikers when the incident began and may have prevented further deaths
Fist fight at meeting of rival biker gangs quickly escalated to include knives and firearms
The wrong-way driver, 2 ambulance crew members, and ambulance patient were transported to a hospital for evaluation
All 243 passengers and crew aboard the train have been accounted for
More than 200 people aboard were injured and at least seven were killed; it’s the nation’s deadliest train accident in nearly seven years
Responders describe a woman hanging upside down from the ceiling of the train car, and a man who had a heart attack on scene as hurt passengers directed rescuers to others who were more injured
Some people on the manifest are unaccounted for; hospitals treated more than 200 people and investigators are trying to determine what caused the train to derail
Train cars were completely overturned, on their side, ripped apart; more than 140 patients were taken to hospitals
Train 188 was traveling from Washington, D.C., to New York City on Tuesday night when it crashed
The new course teaches medical skills for active shooter and mass casualty response
Nepalese dug through the rubble for missing people as aftershocks panicked survivors
The cover over the orchestra pit gave way during a performance of ‘American Pie;' Authorities describe the students’ injuries as ‘minor’
The woman were commuting to a hospital for their final day of clinical training; 3 others injured
Rescuers turnoff equipment periodically to listen for pleas for help, “but we didn’t hear anything — just death.”
Regular donations of time, treasure, and talent should become the norm for EMS agencies
The banners honored victims and survivors on the two year anniversary of the 2013 bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon
25 injured in chain-reaction collision after winds kicked up dirt and reduced visibility to almost nothing
Video shows the flaming wreckage of the tour bus carrying young athletes; it caught fire after hitting a tanker truck carrying hydrocarbons
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 counts against him, including conspiracy and deadly use of a weapon of mass destruction; 17 of those charges are punishable by death
