Mass Casualty Incidents
As the military saying goes, 鈥淧rior planning prevents poor performance.鈥� This phrase can be applied to preparing for mass casualty incidents. Check this page for articles and resources on ensuring you and your department are ready for the unexpected, as well as the latest updates on major incidents in the United States and across the world.
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CAL FIRE Captain Chris Wetzel and his treating mental health provider detail his road from defeat to appreciation in the aftermath of tragedy
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Police said the most serious injuries were to a 16-year-old shot in the stomach and a 14-year-old wounded in the head
Officials said about 500 people were at the house and emergency vehicles were hampered by a large number of parked cars on the street
The FBI said it had previously questioned the gunman, a 19-year-old former employee
MedStar Paramedic Trey McDaniel was injured and his vehicle was totaled after being hit by a semi-truck
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Firefighters struggled to maneuver apparatus and calls were made to deliver sand and kitty litter for the roads
The Chicago Fire Department called an EMS Plan 3, dispatching 15 ambulances, a district chief and chief paramedic
The two Arlington County firefighter-medics were among the first mutual aid teams at the scene
An SUV packed with 25 people pulled in front of an oncoming tractor-trailer on a two-lane highway, killing 13
MedStar鈥檚 Matt Zavadsky and NASEMSO鈥檚 Dia Gainor discuss traffic incident management and EMS鈥檚 role in multi-agency response after 133 vehicle pileup
The UPMC Susquehanna special response vehicle was used for the first time Monday to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to seniors
MedStar Paramedic Trey McDaniel was injured when his 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser went airborne during the crash, but still aided other victims
Breaking down police, fire rescue, EMS roles in a traffic incident management system
JPS Hospital EMT Jesse Robinson, a former Oklahoma State football player, fractured his vertebrae in the crash but stayed at the scene to assist others
At least 36 people were transported from the pileup on an icy road near downtown Fort Worth
Police arrested a local man who had been unhappy with the healthcare he received there, officials said
Intermountain Life Flight Chief Paramedic Rick Black helped to rescue three of the four surviving skiers after a group of eight were caught in the avalanche
First responders attended to victims in an impromptu triage area outside the Ontario plant
Hall County officials said firefighters found a large number of employees gathered outside the poultry plant with several experiencing medical emergencies
A Facebook post by the Glen Echo Fire Department detailed how its members treated officers who were beaten and seriously injured
Brian Hupp, director of EMS at the Maury Regional Medical Center, joins the podcast to discuss tabletop MCI exercises
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Jason Killens, chief executive of the UK鈥檚 Welsh Ambulance Service, discusses the complexity of response to an 800 casualty incident across four separate locations
O鈥橦are joins the podcast to discuss training and lessons from his role in the Boston Marathon bombing response
7 steps to factoring in violence as a possible variable at special event EMS response and incident command
The top tenets of violent threat attack training and practice for EMS responders
As mass violence incidents grow in scale and frequency, less than half of EMS feels adequately prepared to respond
Good communication and pre-planning: What the Boston Marathon bombing taught us
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Lessons for the incident commander gleaned from the 7/7 2005 London terrorist attack