WSES handbook of mass casualties incidents management

Text covers: Mass casualty incident: definitions and current reality; Managing a medical surge; Common wounding mechanisms and injury patterns; The emergency room during mass casualty incidents; Triage and clinical evaluation in MCI; Providing Information During mass casualty incidents: information center, family-centered care and media coverage; Nurses and nursing in mass casualties incidents; auxiliary clinical diagnostics; Conventional and interventional radiology in mass casualty incidents; Operating Room (OR) setup, resource, and demands; Intensive Care Unit (ICU): resources and demands; The pediatric patient in MCI; Definitive care phase of a mass casualty incident; Preparedness to non-conventional incidents in the civilian medical arena; Mass casualties management in low-income countries; Mass casualties incident: education, simulation, and training; Debriefing session: the process of self-evaluation; Ethics in mass casualty incidents.

This manual, written by world opinion leaders in the field, is designed to provide readily accessible, step-by-step guidance on all aspects of the management of mass casualty incidents. Readers will find a wealth of helpful practical suggestions as well as information on the latest relevant scientific advances and their implications. The innovative nature of much of the content and the inclusion of up-to-date literature reviews ensure that the manual will remain relevant for years to come.