Medical Response Planning and Triage for Mass Casualty Terrorist Bombings

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dc.contributor.advisorHerrmann, Jeffrey W
dc.contributor.authorHerring, William L
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-27T20:26:33Z
dc.date.available2010-08-27T20:26:33Z
dc.date.issued2010-08
dc.description.abstractThe medical response to mass casualty terrorist bombings (MCTB) has received extensive treatment in the trauma and emergency medicine literature over the past 25 years. An effective medical response must consider four fundamental aspects: (1) the objective of the response, (2) the typical injury pattern, (3) triage, and (4) the delivery of care. This report discusses the key components of each of these aspects, identifying points of consensus and contention and articulating unresolved research questions. Particular attention is given to the triage process because of its importance to the overall response and the array of differing opinions on how, where, and by whom it should be completed. Mathematical models of the trauma system during an MCTB are limited, but this approach offers the potential to answer many of the proposed research questions.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by an OR of the Future grant (W81XWH-06-2-0057) from the US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10709
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtInstitute for Systems Researchen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTR_2010-18;
dc.subjectmass casualty incidenten_US
dc.subjectterrorist bombingen_US
dc.subjecttriageen_US
dc.subjecttrauma systemen_US
dc.subjectemergency response planningen_US
dc.subjectmathematical modelingen_US
dc.titleMedical Response Planning and Triage for Mass Casualty Terrorist Bombingsen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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