title: [Great damage event of the Dutch Enschede on May 13th, 2000].
abstract: The mass casualty of injured confronts the rescue service with a special challenge again and again. An immediate need arises besides the emergency medical help for the coordination of use strengths moving up differently than at the individual emergency. Executives of the rescue service in Germany are leading emergency doctor and organizational leader. If the damage event takes place, however, outside the country borders or country general, then one feels compared with a situation which offers next to sizes in addition unknown to a great damage situation of the country by different use of tactics. It is interesting from this aspect to look at the great damage event of the Dutch Enschede on May 13th, 2000 and to examine the accident expiry by different points of view.
authors.affiliation: Praxisklinik für Orthopädie und Notfallmedizin, Gronau, Germany. woltering@vitalpark.de
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Woltering
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004190:Disasters; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005107:Explosions; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007391:International Cooperation; D009426:Netherlands; D012066:Relief Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*