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.
Orange County EMS medical director describes expected and unexpected lessons learned from the deadliest shooting in U.S. history at NAEMSP annual meeting
Test your ability to apply the START algorithm to a collection of simulated MCI patients
A gunman’s attack at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is a reminder of soft-target vulnerability and to prepare everyone to “stop the bleed”
Jet explosion ‘sounded like a bomb’
Plane smashed through a fence before hitting bus
We might not be any readier to respond now to another terrorist event of that magnitude
Mass-casualty response team that was activated for April jet crash will be volunteering its services
One thing investigators are looking at is whether potassium hydroxide — a potentially explosive and toxic chemical — was a factor in the explosion
Right front tire of the 2001 gray Ford van got caught on the shoulder of the road, causing the vehicle to go off the road
This is our first runner-up story for our EMS Week 2012 contest: “More than a job. A calling”
About 2 dozen school districts, emergency agencies, public housing authorities, religious groups, other nonprofits could receive taxpayer money through FEMA
Most victims suffered burns, shrapnel-like wounds; several had undergone surgery
Racing hero Pastor Maldonado rescued his young cousin from pits blaze just minutes after becoming 1st Venezuelan to win
The Kentucky Hospital Association is helping with the conversions through a grant program
Police: Crash was extremely violent, leaving trail of auto parts and bodies
More than 100 bodies have been pulled from Brahmaputra River
Speeding SUV flew over highway guardrail, plunged 60 feet into secluded area of Bronx Zoo
Students were tasked with putting their classroom training to use in realistic scenario
Warnings had said more than 24 hours ahead that possible ‘high-end, life-threatening event’ would occur over weekend
Sedan apparently collided with driver’s side during impact
A teeming number of “bloodied” teenagers were tended to by paramedics as a part of the drill
One person was trapped and had to be extracted
Car driven by 24-year-old Daniel Rebarchek hit the rear end of an SUV carrying the child
One of the injured on Thursday was a police officer who was grazed by a bullet
Conditions of the injured students are not immediately available
Chain-reaction collisions involved nearly two-dozen vehicles
Rebuilding after storms is becoming a growth industry as the United States is slammed by more natural disasters
Massive thunderstorms, predicted by forecasters for days, threw off dozens of tornadoes
Overnight storms raked the nation’s midsection
Storms were part of massive system sweeping across country that spun off tornadoes, caused destruction and deaths in southern Ill. and Mo.
The research was posted online Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences