Despite the ever-present risk of mass-casualty incidents (MCIs) in all geographical regions,
there is a limited body of literature detailing specifically how an intensive care unit (ICU) …

There is a long-standing, broad assumption that hospitals will ably receive and efficiently
provide comprehensive care to victims following a mass casualty event. Unfortunately, the …

Recent events and regulatory mandates have underlined the importance of medical
planning and preparedness for catastrophic events. The purpose of this review is to provide …

Objective: An effective hospital response to mass casualty incidents (MCIs) requires rapid
mobilization of personnel capable of caring for critically ill trauma patients and availability of …

Objectives Mass casualty incidents occur worldwide and have the capacity to overwhelm
local healthcare facilities. There has been much research into how these events are …

The purpose of this report is to provide information regarding preparation for disaster
management from the perspective of ICU physicians. Both a framework toward ICU …

Disasters have increased in frequency over the past century. A number of high profile
disasters have also dominated news headlines in the past decade raising the media and …

There are 4 phases of disaster management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and
recovery. This article focuses on critical care preparedness aspects of disaster management …

Disclosures: T. Hossain, JR Dichter, and M. Ghazipura have no financial conflicts of interest
to disclose regarding this article. T. Hossain and JR Dichter are members of the Task Force …

Background: In recent years, there has been a great deal of attention paid to preparing the
healthcare system to handle disasters, in particular terrorist events. Most of the attention has …