Experience of distributing 499 burn casualties of the June 28, 2015 Formosa Color Dust Explosion in Taiwan

TH Wang, WS Jhao, YH Yeh, C Pu - Burns, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To describe the experience of distributing 499 burn casualties of an unexpected
event and determine whether patient transfer is associated with patient outcomes measured …

Response of a local hospital to a burn disaster: contributory factors leading to zero mortality outcomes

EK Yeong, CP O'Boyle, HF Huang, HC Tai, YC Hsu… - Burns, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the outcomes of a local healthcare system in managing a burn
mass casualty incident (BMCI). Methods Thirty-three victims admitted to the National Taiwan …

Management of the Formosa Color Dust Explosion: lessons learned from the treatment of 49 mass burn casualty patients at Chang gung memorial hospital

MH Cheng, AL Mathews, SS Chuang… - Plastic and …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: This article reports the emergency management of a mass casualty disaster
occurring on June 27, 2015, in New Taipei, Taiwan, as a fire erupted over a large crowd …

The role of preliminary hospitals in the management of a mass burn casualty disaster

LW Kuo, CI Yen, CY Fu, CH Pan, CP Hsu, YC Hsiao… - Burns, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Cost analysis of 48 burn patients in a mass casualty explosion treated at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

AL Mathews, MH Cheng, JM Muller, MCY Lin… - Injury, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Factors associated with ED length of stay during a mass casualty incident

SY Chen, CH Chaou, CJ Ng, MH Cheng… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated with emergency
department (ED) length of stay (LOS) using the patient registry data from a medical burns …

Assessment and determinants of global outcomes among 445 mass-casualty burn survivors: A 2-year retrospective cohort study in Taiwan

H Ma, KY Tung, SL Tsai, DL Neil, YY Lin, HT Yen… - Burns, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To study outcomes among survivors of the mass-casualty powder explosion on 27
June 2015, at Formosa Fun Coast Waterpark, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Methods Using …

Beyond surge: Coping with mass burn casualty in the closest hospital to the Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion

S Chuang, KS Chang, DD Woods, HC Chen… - Burns, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To provide an insight into the challenges faced by the closest hospital to the
Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion (FFCDE) disaster scene, and to examine how the …

Challenges of burn mass casualty incidents in the prehospital setting: lessons from the Formosa fun coast park color party

CH Lin, CH Lin, CY Tai, YY Lin… - Prehospital emergency …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: A burn mass casualty incident (BMCI) involving 499 patients occurred at a “color
party” in Taiwan in June 27, 2015. We implemented a study to identify critical challenges …

Burns in a major burns center in East China from 2005 to 2014: incidence and outcome

X Fan, B Ma, D Zeng, X Fang, H Li, S Xiao, G Wang… - Burns, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Information about epidemiology on burns is rare in China. The aim of this article is
to describe the pattern of burns in East China during a 10-year time period. Method A …