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
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
The jury will now decide whether the 21-year-old should be sentenced to death or receive life in prison
Helicopters ferry workers with burn injuries from the platform to hospitals for treatment
Military training incorporated into a prehospital setting helps EMS providers make complex decisions when responding to tactical incidents
Van ran through a stop sign, crossed all lanes of a highway, and landed in a canal
Investigators say he barricaded himself in the cockpit and manually flew the plane into the mountains, killing all 150 people on board
The new Joplin Mercy Hospital replaces St. John’s Regional Medical Center, the hospital destroyed by an EF-5 tornado in May 2011
A suspect was arrested in a Wednesday rampage that included a motel shooting, a carjacking and a home invasion
Driver suspected of losing control on curvy road and bus fell 1,300 feet down mountain
Bus swerved across both lanes of the highway before overturning; driver might have had a stroke or heart attack
The whale breached and hit the side of the boat; the collision threw a woman into the water and she died of her injuries
7 Marines, 4 soldiers believed to be killed in an Army helicopter crash during a night-time training mission
The bus is capable of transporting 12 supine patients and 4 paramedics to the hospital at one time
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- 1 dead, 8 hurt in Grand Canyon tour bus rollover
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