"Mass Casualty Incidents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Events that overwhelm the resources of local HOSPITALS and health care providers. They are likely to impose a sustained demand for HEALTH SERVICES rather than the short, intense peak customary with smaller scale disasters.
| Descriptor ID |
D054527
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.198.240.856.800.537 I01.880.735.900.800.575 N06.230.100.160
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| Concept/Terms |
Mass Casualty Incidents- Mass Casualty Incidents
- Casualty Incident, Mass
- Casualty Incidents, Mass
- Incident, Mass Casualty
- Incidents, Mass Casualty
- Mass Casualty Incident
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mass Casualty Incidents" by people in Profiles.
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Crush injury and syndrome: A review for emergency clinicians. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Jul; 69:180-187.
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Mass-Casualty Training Exercise Using High-Fidelity Computerized Simulators and Involving Time and Resource Limitation. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2021 Jun; 36(3):313-320.
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A multiple casualty incident clinical tracking form for civilian hospitals. J Emerg Manag. 2020 May/Jun; 18(3):261-266.
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A multiple casualty incident clinical tracking form for civilian hospitals. Am J Disaster Med. 2020 Winter; 15(1):43-48.
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Characteristics and resource utilization of patients presenting to the ED from mass gathering events. Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Jun; 36(6):983-987.
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Blast Injuries: From Improvised Explosive Device Blasts to the Boston Marathon Bombing. Radiographics. 2016 Jan-Feb; 36(1):295-307.
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Imaging of abdominal and pelvic injuries from the Boston Marathon bombing. Emerg Radiol. 2016 Feb; 23(1):35-39.
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Radiologic features of injuries from the Boston Marathon bombing at three hospitals. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2014 Aug; 203(2):235-9.
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A national initiative to train long-term care staff for disaster response and recovery. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2009 Mar; 15(2 Suppl):S20-4.
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Five essential elements of immediate and mid-term mass trauma intervention: empirical evidence. Psychiatry. 2007; 70(4):283-315; discussion 316-69.