Citation

Weidringer JW, Ansorg J, Ulrich BC, Polonius MJ, Domres BD. Unfallchirurg 2004; 107(9): 812-816.

Vernacular Title

Terrorziel WM 2006: Katastrophenmedizin im Abseits?! Aspekte zur Krankenhauskatastrophenplanung.

Affiliation

Bayerische Landesärztekammer, München. j.w.weidringer@blaek.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00113-004-0833-8

PMID

15372163

Abstract

Focussing on possible mass casualty situations during events such as the soccer world championship in 2006, the Professional Board of Surgeons in Germany and the German Society for Surgery canvassed surgeons-in-chief in the last quarter of 2003 concerning disaster plans for hospitals. The rate of returned questionnaires amounted to 26% covering the following areas of interest: plans-ready to use, known by the employees as well as by the rescue coordination center, performance of exercises, and concepts on decontamination and detoxification. Based on past numbers of casualties during soccer disasters, an excursus into details also includes a description of an approach to reduce the danger of bottleneck effects at doors. A preliminary concept based on the upcoming system for funding hospitals in Germany and including new partnerships is outlined, succeeded by some hopefully helpful hints for a web-based hospital disaster plan.

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