Mass casualty management

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Specificities of a mass emergency Different from day-to-day practice Difference of kind and not only of size Routine emergency • Well-understood event • Limited scale • Easily manageable • Quickly under control • Rescuers familiar with each other • Well-accepted authority • Clear-cut roles and responsibilities <strong>Mass</strong> emergency • Enormous problems • Breakdown of normal arrangements • Multiple procedures • Large number of rescuers • Unfamiliarity of the agencies with each other • Inadequate initiatives • Conflicting roles and responsibilities
Preparedness : disaster plan • Specific plan = organizational framework • Hazards identification • Functional job descriptions & responsibilities • Incident command system • Tasks and means of action for each agency • Inter-agency communication protocols European Community Seveso directive (1982)
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