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This section describes important topics of the planning of the response for the first responders, in particular the emergency medical services (EMS), to a sudden mass casualty incident (SMCI).
The section includes the prehospital phases of a sudden mass casualty incident (SMCI), discusses the limitations of deploying a scene incident command (SIC) and regional emergency operations center (REOC) for this type of events, stressing the importance of a coordinated communication system.
Finally, the section introduces a new concept such as “Save and Run” and discusses the pitfalls of patient tracking at the scene of the incident and the importance of patient tracking at the hospital.
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Lynn, M. (2019). Prehospital Planning and Response to Sudden Mass Casualty Incidents. In: Lynn, M., et al. Disasters and Mass Casualty Incidents. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97361-6_2
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