Mass Casualty Incidents and Trauma Response
This is a complicated decision with several factors that play into it. To be a good practitioner you have to be able to make the best clinical decision for your patients. Sometimes the best thing you can do is get the patient to the hospital as quickly as possible and perform any necessary skills en route. Sometimes we need to take some time on scene to stabilize our patient and reduce their mortality.
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What You'll Learn
- Identify the defining characteristics of a mass casualty incident (MCI) and how they vary by agency capacity.
- Apply triage principles and scene management strategies to optimize survival in resource-limited trauma events.
- Recognize high-risk trauma patterns (e.g., blunt force, crush, hemorrhage) and implement appropriate life-saving interventions, including tourniquets and permissive hypotension.
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