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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	I01.198.240.856.800.537 I01.880.735.900.800.575 N06.230.100.160
Concept/Terms	Mass Casualty Incidents Mass Casualty Incidents Casualty Incident, Mass Casualty Incidents, Mass Incident, Mass Casualty Incidents, Mass Casualty Mass Casualty Incident Mass Casualties Mass Casualties Casualties, Mass Casualty, Mass Mass Casualty

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mass Casualty Incidents".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Criminology [I01.198]
Crime [I01.198.240]
Violence [I01.198.240.856]
Terrorism [I01.198.240.856.800]
Mass Casualty Incidents [I01.198.240.856.800.537]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Problems [I01.880.735]
Violence [I01.880.735.900]
Terrorism [I01.880.735.900.800]
Mass Casualty Incidents [I01.880.735.900.800.575]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Environment [N06.230]
Disasters [N06.230.100]
Mass Casualty Incidents [N06.230.100.160]

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Bar chart showing 6 publications over 4 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2009	1	0	1
2010	2	1	3
2011	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Mass Casualty Incidents" by people in Profiles.

Glasofer A, Laskowski-Jones L. Mass shootings: A call for nursing awareness and action. Nursing. 2018 Dec; 48(12):50-55.

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Soremekun OA, Zane RD, Walls A, Allen MB, Seefeld KJ, Pallin DJ. Cancellation of scheduled procedures as a mechanism to generate hospital bed surge capacity-a pilot study. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2011 Jun; 26(3):224-9.

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Chen G, Lai W, Liu F, Mao Q, Tu F, Wen J, Xiao H, Zhang JC, Zhu T, Chen B, Hu ZY, Li RM, Liang Z, Nie H, Yan H, Yang BX, Du Q, Huang WX, Jiang YW, Kwan AS, Song L, Wu CM, Xiang T, Xu HW, Lau WB, Song HB, Wen CB, Yao ZH, Zhang L, Zeng J, Dai YE, Lopez BL, Zheng JQ, Zhou J, Christopher TA, Ma XL, Yu H, Xu LL, Guo Q, Song ZP, Volinn E, Kryger K, Cao Y, Ge H, Liu H, Luo CZ, Tao W, Zuo YX, Liu J. The dragon strikes: lessons from the Wenchuan earthquake. Anesth Analg. 2010 Mar 1; 110(3):908-15.

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Epstein RH, Ekbatani A, Kaplan J, Shechter R, Grunwald Z. Development of a staff recall system for mass casualty incidents using cell phone text messaging. Anesth Analg. 2010 Mar 1; 110(3):871-8.

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Nie H, Tang SY, Lau WB, Zhang JC, Jiang YW, Lopez BL, Ma XL, Cao Y, Christopher TA. Triage during the week of the Sichuan earthquake: a review of utilized patient triage, care, and disposition procedures. Injury. 2011 May; 42(5):515-20.

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Beekley AC, Martin MJ, Spinella PC, Telian SP, Holcomb JB. Predicting resource needs for multiple and mass casualty events in combat: lessons learned from combat support hospital experience in Operation Iraqi Freedom. J Trauma. 2009 Apr; 66(4 Suppl):S129-37.

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