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.
Despite the shooter’s despicable intent and multiple murders, he becomes another patient to triage, treat and transport
What the U.S. can learn from other countries about emergency response to terrorist events
Safariland instructors showed a group of trainees how to react when “hide and hope” is not an option in an active shooter situation
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
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
