Citation

Yang CC, Shih CL. Am. J. Public Health 2016; 106(9): 1582-1585.

Affiliation

All of the authors are with the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2016.303261

PMID

27459446

Abstract

In June 2015, nearly 500 concert attendees suffered injuries from smoke inhalation and severe burns following a color-dust explosion at a waterpark in Taiwan. We report on the progressions of the incident and government responses, share cross-departmental mobilization and case management lessons, and reflect on clinical and complex policy issues emerged. The timely and coordinated emergency responses, a high-quality universal health care system, and dedicated clinicians voluntarily working overtime resulted in an unprecedented 2.4% mortality rate (international statistics predicted 26.8%). (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print July 26, 2016: e1-e4. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303261).

Language: en