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Planning and care in multiple casualty crashes?

Planning and care in multiple casualty crashes?

 

 

Planning and care in multiple casualty crashes?

Major road crashes which involve multiple casualties. Contributory factors include fog and excess speed [7]. Large numbers of injured persons may also result from collisions involving buses or lorries carrying explosive, toxic or inflammable chemical products. A disaster planning document is needed to strengthen the capacity of local and regional governments, health-care providers and public health organizations to react to such events [50]. Best practice indicates that a region-wide trauma team is the optimal means of dealing with such events utilising such a disaster plan. Post impact care is coordinated by hospital-based medical teams who are trained in disaster management and in collaboration with the ambulance, police and the fire service. Efficient rescue involves on-site triage and immediate care, evacuation and hospital admission [7] .