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.
Our co-hosts discuss the high points from this year’s conference in New Orleans
Our co-hosts discuss what EMS personnel must know about being part of a task force
Crush injury from structure collapse and EMS treatment priorities described at EMS World Expo World Trauma Symposium
The bus from a private Louisville school was on a field trip to Mammoth Cave when the crash occurred
Taking advantage of zombie fever and the Halloween holiday, Delaware County emergency-management officials held their largest drill ever
None of the minivan’s 10 occupants were wearing seatbelts when the crash happened Thursday night
The scenario of the exercise, which began Wednesday and continues today, was a bomb with a possible chemical element detonating at a football stadium
Homeless survivors must endure cold, rain, snow
Eleven of the students were taken to area hospitals for what paramedics described as minor injuries
In Ventura County, mortality data show promising results for the fledgling program
Dozens of people were trapped in mounds of concrete, twisted steel and construction debris after hundreds of buildings in two cities
Erlanger Health System launched its “All Hazards Emergency Operations Plan” by early evening
Two passengers have been airlifted to a hospital, where they were in fair condition
Organizers said more than 8½ million people signed up to participate in the 2011 Great California ShakeOut
Tennessee Valley Authority and all the responders will be graded on their planning and response
Police said a 29-year-old was driving home from a local bar when he took a wrong turn and ended up stuck on the tracks
Several people were taken to local hospitals after Wednesday night’s crash, but all the injuries were considered minor and non-life-threatening, officials said
The aim is get as many people as possible to visit Qldalert.com in one day to replicate the traffic that would be experienced during a disaster
The Nebraska State Patrol says 41 people were taken to a nearby hospital
The explosion at a fertilizer plant injured four workers and spilled 2,000 gallons of ammonia
With key medical health facilities out of commission, emergency responders say many of the injured would be treated in tents set up at field hospitals wherever needed
At least 271 people were hurt, none seriously, said Xu Jiangguang, head of the city’s health bureau
The episodes have inflicted a severe emotional toll on people, but also instilled a greater sense of community as people came together in the face of crisis
The FDNY said one person refused medical attention and the others are being treated after the accident Tuesday morning
Amateur video clips appeared to show a small piece of the aircraft falling to the ground before the crash
Witnesses were spattered with blood and pieces of flesh, yet video of the scene shows paramedics, police and spectators attending to the wounded with a control that seems contradictory to the devastation
It appeared that the 1940s-model plane went straight down in the first few rows of VIP box seats
National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Terry Williams told The Associated Press Saturday that a team has arrived from Washington to join regional officials
The storm had barely passed through the state when Audrey Snyder, assistant professor in the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing, received an alert to be ready to deploy
A section of scaffold installed to protect cars from overhead construction collapsed onto eight northbound lanes shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday
A brief clip from a police security video that was initially released after Tuesday’s crash shows the bus driver clearly ignoring flashing lights and a ringing bell
There are more locked doors, required ID badges and more training required for Abilene city officials compared with a decade ago
The damage was concentrated along the Susquehanna in Binghamton, N.Y., in Wilkes-Barre, where more than 70,000 people were told to evacuate
