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Proper Preparation for Mass Casualty Incidents

Northwestern EM Blog

Written by: August Grace, MD (NUEM ‘24) Edited by: Andrew Rogers, MD, MBA (NUEM ‘22) Expert Commentary by : Andra Farcas, MD (NUEM ‘21) Introduction In the setting of trauma, most hospitals are adept at treating and managing patients with a variety of injuries. Time begins after the first patient arrives at the hospital [8].

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Putting Clinical Gestalt to Work in the Emergency Department

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Examples would be as below: The “walking wounded” triage heuristic in mass casualty incidents—patient able to walk to you can be initially triaged as “green” or “minimal”. Koo is faculty and an emergency physician at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, Maryland.