Citation

Yavari-Sartakhti O, Briche F, Jost D, Michaud N, Bignand M, Tourtier JP. Prehosp. Disaster Med. 2018; 33(2): 213-214.

Affiliation

1Paris Fire Brigade - Emergency Medical Department,Paris,France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S1049023X18000171

PMID

29514727

Abstract

Deafness frequently observed in explosion victims, currently following terrorist attack, is a barrier to communication between victims and first responders. This may result in a delay in the initial triage and evacuation. In such situations, Paris Fire Brigade (Paris, France) proposes the use of assistance cards to help conscious, but deafened patients at the site of an attack where there may be numerous victims. Yavari-Sartakhti O , Briche F , Jost D , Michaud N , Bignand M , Tourtier JP. A new triage support tool in case of explosion.

Language: en

Keywords

communication tool; mass-casualty triage; otologic injury; prehospital care; terrorist attack