title: Management of unique clinical entities in disaster medicine.
abstract: This article discusses the management of clinical problems encountered particularly in disasters. These include the principles of multiple-casualty triage, and field and hospital management of blast injury, crush syndrome, compartment syndrome, particulate inhalation, and traumatic asphyxiation. The indications for extraordinary measures, such as field amputation, are detailed. A brief review of the causes and epidemiology of these entities is provided, with emphasis on the clinical management in the disaster setting.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gans
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000628:therapy; D004190:Disasters; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D014218:Triage; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000628:therapy*