title: ED handles 30 burn patients after plant fire and explosion in Georgia.
abstract: Dealing with a mass casualty event involving a high number of burn victims requires strategic use of ED resources. The ED at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, GA, was praised by the receiving burn center for the care it gave victims of a recent plant disaster. Here are some of their key strategies: After making your primary concern the patient's airway, turn to fluid resuscitation and pain management. Be certain burn victims are placed in warm rooms and are covered with blankets. Have a pre-plan with a regional burn center, then establish contact with that center in multiple-burn patient incidents.
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004190:Disasters; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005107:Explosions; D005845:Georgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents; D019982:Organizational Case Studies