TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Prehospital trauma care in disasters and other mass casualty incidents - a proposal for hospital-based special medical response teams
JO  - Curēus
A1  - Neeki, Michael
A1  - DuMontier, Stephen
A1  - Toy, Jake
A1  - Archambeau, Benjamin
A1  - Goralnick, Eric
A1  - Pennington, Troy
A1  - Inaba, Kenji
A1  - Hammesfahr, Rick
A1  - Wong, David
A1  - Plurad, David S.
SP  - e13657
EP  - e13657
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
N2  - Current mass casualty incident (MCI) response in the United States calls for rapid deployment of first responders, such as law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services personnel, to the incident and simultaneous activation of trauma center disaster protocols. Past investigations demonstrated that the incorporation of advanced trauma-trained physicians and paramedics into prehospital teams resulted in improved mortality during routine emergency medical care in Europe and in the combat setting. To date, limited research exists on the incorporation of advanced trauma-trained physicians and paramedics into prehospital teams for civilian MCIs. We proposed the concept of Special Medical Response Teams, which would rapidly deploy advanced trauma-trained physicians and paramedics to deliver a higher level of medical and surgical care in the prehospital setting during civilian mass casualty incidents.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2168-8184
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13657
ID  - ref1
ER  -