"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 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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Khatun R, Otaibi BW, Ssentongo A, Hazelton JP, Cooper A. Medical Student Attitudes Toward Blood Donation in Times of Increased Need. Am Surg. 2022 Sep; 88(9):2338-2344.
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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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Yonekawa Y, Hacker HD, Lehman RE, Beal CJ, Veldman PB, Vyas NM, Shah AS, Wu D, Eliott D, Gardiner MF, Kuperwaser MC, Rosa RH, Ramsey JE, Miller JW, Mazzoli RA, Lawrence MG, Arroyo JG. 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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Katz SK, Parrillo SJ, Christensen D, Glassman ES, Gill KB. Public health aspects of nuclear and radiological incidents. Am J Disaster Med. 2014; 9(3):183-93.
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Krueger CA, Wenke JC, Ficke JR. Ten years at war: comprehensive analysis of amputation trends. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Dec; 73(6 Suppl 5):S438-44.
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Kerins D, Barishansky RM, Cortacans HP. How to conduct EMS exercises and drills. Properly preplanning your exercises increases preparedness and yields valuable data. EMS World. 2012 Jun; 41(6):33-8.
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Mareiniss DP, Levy F, Regan L. ICU triage: the potential legal liability of withdrawing ICU care during a catastrophic event. Am J Disaster Med. 2011 Nov-Dec; 6(6):329-38.
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Barishansky RM, Wood DC. Body count: Defining EMS' response to mass-fatality events. EMS World. 2011 Jul; 40(7):49-50, 52-4.
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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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Glassman ES, Parrillo SJ. Use of alternate healthcare facilities as alternate transport destinations during a mass-casualty incident. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2010 Mar-Apr; 25(2):178-82.