 Mass Casualty Incidents
"Mass Casualty Incidents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Events that overwhelm the resources of local HOSPITALS and health care providers. They are likely to impose a sustained demand for HEALTH SERVICES rather than the short, intense peak customary with smaller scale disasters.
| Descriptor ID |
D054527
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.198.240.856.800.537 I01.880.735.900.800.575 N06.230.100.160
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| Concept/Terms |
Mass Casualty Incidents- Mass Casualty Incidents
- Casualty Incident, Mass
- Casualty Incidents, Mass
- Incident, Mass Casualty
- Incidents, Mass Casualty
- Mass Casualty Incident
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mass Casualty Incidents" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Mass Casualty Incidents" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mass Casualty Incidents" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Czaja MP, Kraus CK, Phyo S, Olivieri P, Mederos DR, Puente I, Mohammed S, Berkeley RP, Slattery D, Gildea TH, Hardman C, Palmer B, Whitmill ML, Aluyen U, Pinnow JM, Young A, Eastin CD, Kester NM, Works KR, Pfeffer AN, Keller AW, Tobias A, Li B, Yorkgitis B, Saadat S, Langdorf MI. Nonfatal Injuries Sustained in Mass Shootings in the US, 2012-2019: Injury Diagnosis Matrix, Incident Context, and Public Health Considerations. West J Emerg Med. 2023 May 02; 24(3):552-565.
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Desmond M, Schwengel D, Chilson K, Rusy D, Ingram K, Ambardekar A, Greenberg RS, Belani K, Perate A, Gangadharan M. Paediatric patients in mass casualty incidents: a comprehensive review and call to action. Br J Anaesth. 2022 Feb; 128(2):e109-e119.
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Muzaffar J, Orr L. Management of acute acoustic trauma in mass casualty environments. BMJ Mil Health. 2020 Apr; 166(2):60-61.
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Eifling K, Moy P. Evidence-based EMS: Psychological First Aid During Disaster Response. What's the best we can do for those who are suffering mentally? EMS World. 2015 Jul; 44(7):32-4.
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