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What goes wrong at a disaster or major incident?

J Ryan1, M Gavalas.   

Abstract

From a receiving hospital's perspective a major incident is 'an accident about to happen'. The potential for chaos is present at every phase. This short paper describes in a chronological fashion the common traps and pitfalls and how to avoid them.

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Year:  1998        PMID: 10696358

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Hosp Med        ISSN: 1462-3935


  4 in total

Review 1.  Article 12. Major incidents, leadership, and series summary and review.

Authors:  S McCormick; J Wardrope
Journal:  Emerg Med J       Date:  2003-01       Impact factor: 2.740

2.  The casualty profile from the Reading train crash, November 2004: proposals for improved major incident reporting and the application of trauma scoring systems.

Authors:  N R Howells; N Dunne; S Reddy
Journal:  Emerg Med J       Date:  2006-07       Impact factor: 2.740

3.  Utstein-style template for uniform data reporting of acute medical response in disasters.

Authors:  Michel Debacker; Ives Hubloue; Erwin Dhondt; Gerald Rockenschaub; Anders Rüter; Tudor Codreanu; Kristi L Koenig; Carl Schultz; Kobi Peleg; Pinchas Halpern; Samuel Stratton; Francesco Della Corte; Herman Delooz; Pier Luigi Ingrassia; Davide Colombo; Maaret Castrèn
Journal:  PLoS Curr       Date:  2012-03-23

4.  Evaluation of Disaster Medicine Preparedness among Healthcare Profession Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Pakistan.

Authors:  Ali Hassan Gillani; Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim; Jamshaid Akbar; Yu Fang
Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health       Date:  2020-03-19       Impact factor: 3.390

  4 in total

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