Citation

Wachira BW, Abdalla RO, Wallis LA. Prehosp. Disaster Med. 2014; 29(5): 538-541.

Affiliation

2University of Cape Town,Rondebosch,Cape Town,South Africa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S1049023X1400096X

PMID

25204863

Abstract

At approximately 12:30 pm on Saturday September 21, 2013, armed assailants attacked the upscale Westgate shopping mall in the Westlands area of Nairobi, Kenya. Using the seven key Major Incident Medical Management and Support (MIMMS) principles, command, safety, communication, assessment, triage, treatment, and transport, the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH,N) emergency department (ED) successfully coordinated the reception and care of all the casualties brought to the hospital. This report describes the AKUH,N ED response to the first civilian mass-casualty shooting incident in Kenya, with the hope of informing the development and implementation of mass-casualty emergency preparedness plans by other EDs and hospitals in Kenya, appropriate for the local health care system. Wachira BW , Abdalla RO , Wallis LA. Westgate shootings: an emergency department approach to a mass-casualty incident. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014;29(5):1-4.

Language: en