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  • Title: Defining the problem, main objective, and strategies of medical management in mass-casualty incidents caused by terrorist events.
    Author: Ashkenazi I, Kessel B, Olsha O, Khashan T, Oren M, Haspel J, Alfici R.
    Journal: Prehosp Disaster Med; 2008; 23(1):82-9. PubMed ID: 18491667.
    Abstract:
    Based on the experience of managing > 20 such events during the last decade, the authors' understanding of a mass-casualty incident is that it is an event in which there may be many victims, but only a few that actually suffer from life-threatening injuries. To make an impact on survival, one must identify those who are severely wounded as quickly as possible and offer those patients optimal care. Experienced trauma physicians are the most important resource available to achieve this objective, and they should be allocated to the treatment of seriously injured victims instead of more traditional management roles such as triage and incident manager.
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