COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: the Cassandra Syndrome.
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Criticalities
Epidemia
Management
Mass casualties
Pademia
Resource
WSES
Journal
World journal of emergency surgery : WJES
ISSN: 1749-7922
Titre abrégé: World J Emerg Surg
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101266603
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 04 2020
09 04 2020
Historique:
received:
16
03
2020
accepted:
23
03
2020
entrez:
11
4
2020
pubmed:
11
4
2020
medline:
16
4
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Since December 2019, the world is potentially facing one of the most difficult infectious situations of the last decades. COVID-19 epidemic warrants consideration as a mass casualty incident (MCI) of the highest nature. An optimal MCI/disaster management should consider all four phases of the so-called disaster cycle: mitigation, planning, response, and recovery. COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated the worldwide unpreparedness to face a global MCI.This present paper thus represents a call for action to solicitate governments and the Global Community to actively start effective plans to promote and improve MCI management preparedness in general, and with an obvious current focus on COVID-19.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32272957
doi: 10.1186/s13017-020-00304-5
pii: 10.1186/s13017-020-00304-5
pmc: PMC7145275
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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