Introduction Little is known about the costs of treating burn patients after a mass casualty
event. A devastating Color Dust explosion that injured 499 patients occurred on June 27 …

Background Preparation for a disaster or accident-related mass casualty events is often
based on experience. The objective measures or tools for evaluating decision-making and …

Background/purpose We reported an outbreak of Staphylococcus haemolyticus (SH)
infection in a group of young patients (mean age 21.6) simultaneously hospitalized due to a …

Background Mass casualties caused by natural disasters and man-made events may
overwhelm local emergency medical services and healthcare systems. Logistics is essential …

Burn injuries cause disability and functional limitations in daily living. In a 2015 fire
explosion in Taiwan, 499 young people sustained burn injuries. The construction of an …

Abstract Purpose The Formosa Fun Coast explosion is an internationally-known event that
occurred in Taiwan on June 27th, 2015. The blast involved 495 casualties in total, with 253 …

Taiwan has a population of 23.6 million on just 36,000 km 2. This densely populated area is
highly vulnerable to destructive natural hazards and thus the Taiwanese government is …

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most severe complications of burn injury.
AKI with severe burn injury causes high mortality. This study aims to investigate the …

Background Information is limited about the effect of restricted carbapenem use on
clearance of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB). We sought to …

Background Majority of current research focuses on pre-hospital care in mass casualty
incidents (MCI) whereas this study is the first to examine multifactorial aspects of intensive …