Emergency response to mass casualty incidents in Lebanon.
The emergency response to mass casualty incidents in Lebanon lacks uniformity. Three recent large-scale incidents have challenged the existing emergency response process and have raised the need to improve and develop incident management for better resilience in times of crisis. We describe some simple emergency management principles that are currently applied in the United States. These principles can be easily adopted by Lebanon and other developing countries to standardize and improve their emergency response systems using existing infrastructure.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services and Prehospital Care Program, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Mazen J
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El Sayed
D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents; D017146:Models, Organizational; D019982:Organizational Case Studies