Common errors in mass casualty management. Corrective actions for the prehospital provider.
Mass casualty incidents provide valuable lessons for the prehospital provider. A re-evaluation of large-scale rescue operations which require a complex network of agencies, communications, and on-scene triaging frequently exposes common weaknesses and errors. This article identifies these common errors and provides guidelines for more effective mass casualty management.
D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014218:Triage