A Guide to Mass Casualty Incidents for Radiology Residents: Strategies, Ethics, Directions.


Journal

Current problems in diagnostic radiology
ISSN: 1535-6302
Titre abrégé: Curr Probl Diagn Radiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7607123

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
received: 15 06 2020
revised: 11 08 2020
accepted: 21 08 2020
pubmed: 22 9 2020
medline: 12 10 2021
entrez: 21 9 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Mass casualty incidents, by nature of their scale and unpredictability, can rapidly overwhelm health infrastructure. Preparation is the key to managing these crises with the lowest risk to emergency and health personnel, while providing maximal life saving measures. We present an overview of the multitiered planning that should go into forming a well set out emergency response plan and one that is capable of being adapted to a wide range of mass casualty scenarios. We highlight the ethical implications that a healthcare team faces while making challenging decisions rapidly in a high-pressure environment. Radiology trainees should be aware of the response systems in place at their institutions and the role that is expected of them in mass casualty incidents.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32951950
pii: S0363-0188(20)30148-1
doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.08.003
pmc: PMC7448733
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

555-559

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Auteurs

Muhammad Umer Nasir (MU)

Department of Emergency and Trauma Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address: dromernasir@gmail.com.

Poornima Elizabeth Chandy (PE)

Department of Emergency and Trauma Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

James Roberts (J)

Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Siobhán B O'Neill (SB)

Department of Emergency and Trauma Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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