"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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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mass Casualty Incidents" by people in Profiles.
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Frequency of Mass Casualty Incidents (MCIs) Responded to by Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS). Air Med J. 2023 Sep-Oct; 42(5):384-386.
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Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the prehospital and mass casualty research Delphi survey. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 02 01; 92(2):398-406.
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Position Statement: Mass Gathering Medical Care. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2021 Jul-Aug; 25(4):593-595.
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Mass casualty management. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2021 04 01; 59(2):67-72.
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Mass Casualty Incident Management for Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons From Central Haiti. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 04; 16(2):770-776.
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Hate and the Health of Populations. Milbank Q. 2019 03; 97(1):11-15.
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Graduate Medical Education in Tactical Medicine and the Impact of ACGME Accreditation of EMS Fellowships. J Spec Oper Med. 2017; 17(1):101-104.
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Ocular blast injuries in mass-casualty incidents: the marathon bombing in Boston, Massachusetts, and the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. Ophthalmology. 2014 Sep; 121(9):1670-6.e1.
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Delayed family reunification of pediatric disaster survivors increases mortality and inpatient hospital costs: a simulation study. J Surg Res. 2013 Sep; 184(1):430-7.
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The academic health center in complex humanitarian emergencies: lessons learned from the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Acad Med. 2012 Nov; 87(11):1609-15.