World Society of Emergency Surgery Pre-congress course, Campinas, Brazil 2017
Management of Mass Casualty Incident – Medical, Logistical and Organizational Implications
Program director
Yoram Kluger MD, FACS
Faculty
Hany Bahous MD, Offir Ben- Ishay MD, Gila Hyams RN, MSc, Michele Mitaritonno MD, Miklosh Bala MD, Yoram Kluger MD
Course objectives
To familiarize course participants with mass casualty incident definitions To describe common injury patterns in MCI
To present essentials for MCI proper medical management
To present essentials for MCI proper logistical managing
To provide tools for establishing preparedness campaigns& plans for MCI management
Course outline
- Basic terminology- MCI, surge capacity, triage officer, medical command
- Medical director& triage officer- principle and function
- Principles of triage
- Building up a team for MCI management
- Activation scheme for MCI
- Multidimensional injury pattern
- Prioritizing patients in MCI / ED
- Prioritizing patients in MCI / OR
- The importance of repeated drills and education for appropriate MCI management
- Ethical concerns
- Hands on triage
- Hands on medical command
- Hands on administration, public relations issues and injured family managing
- Quality improvement, debriefing process for perfection
- Technology in the management of MCI
