Mass casualty events @karimbrohi - recent special issue of the @BJAJournals is a must read bjanaesthesia.org/issue/S0007-09…
Anaesthetists are right in the middle of this when they occur....has your department thought about this and what are your plans? #DAS2022
Anaesthetists are right in the middle of this when they occur....has your department thought about this and what are your plans? #DAS2022
Phases of mass casualty events
Chaos - the unknown and the surge
Reception - patients arrive
Consolidation
Definitive Care
Rehabilitation - for patients, staff and the department #DAS2022
Chaos - the unknown and the surge
Reception - patients arrive
Consolidation
Definitive Care
Rehabilitation - for patients, staff and the department #DAS2022
Tension occurs between casualty flow, providing optimal trauma care and constrained resources #DAS2022
To manage this tension:
Effective and multiple time-point triage by experts
Damage control response to protect resources and maintain institutional capability
Leadership
To manage this tension:
Effective and multiple time-point triage by experts
Damage control response to protect resources and maintain institutional capability
Leadership
Deciding what optimal trauma care is, moving patients through the pathway and managing teams is key to leadership and planning is vital. Leadership is the mastery of contingency #DAS2022
Leadership sets the tone #DAS2022
Planning is engineering resilience into the department, hospital and system.
Care for many by optimising care for one to test and challenge.
Make teams expert and delivering their usual day to day activities
Embed crisis management in daily practice
Institutionalise crisis care
Care for many by optimising care for one to test and challenge.
Make teams expert and delivering their usual day to day activities
Embed crisis management in daily practice
Institutionalise crisis care
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