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Optimizing mass casualty: an incident report of centralizing patient transport and its impact on triage efficiency

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: In mass casualty incidents, effective triage, treatment, and transport are critical for efficient management but often deviate from practices and ethical standards. In terms of resource allocation, decentralized transport is the predominant transport method; however, it is not standardized. This report retrospectively analyzed the response to a mass casualty incident at a university emergency center. By centralizing patient transport from the scene, the time to patient transport could be shortened, the burden on the scene related to transport could be reduced, and undertriage at the scene could be avoided. No trauma-related deaths occurred. This case provides a valuable contribution to the understanding of situations in which critical patients may concentrate in emergency centers during future mass-casualty incidents.

Source: Journal of Rural Medicine

DOI: 10.2185/jrm.2024-029

Authors: Hiroaki Taniguchi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Tatsuro Sakai, Hiromichi Ohsaka, Kazuhiko Omori, Youichi Yanagawa

Institutions: Juntendo University, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Disaster Response and Management

Subfield: Emergency Medical Services

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan