Resource Library
Blast Injuries: Essential Facts
Blast Lung Injury: What Clinicians Need to Know
Blast Lung Injury: An Overview for Prehospital Care Providers
Bombings: Injury Patterns and Care
In a Moment’s Notice: Surge Capacity in Terrorist Bombings
After a Bombing: Health and Safety Information for Emergency Care Providers
After a Bombing: Health and Safety Information for the General Public
Prehospital Final Report 130130
Saving Lives on the Battlefield II Final
Cricothryoid Device (1)
Pelvic Compression Device (2)
Tibial IO-IV Devices (3)
Emergency Tracheostomy Placement (5)
Perforation of the Sternum by an IO Infusion (6)
Sternal IO-IV Infusion - Assissment by CT (7)
Cricothyrotomy Observations (8)
Placement of Humeral IO-IV Devices (9)
Supraglottic Tube Placement (10)
Application of the CAT (11)
TQ Use in OEF OIF and OND (12)
Improper CAT Preparation (13)
Needle Thoracentesis Observations (14)
Supraglottic Airway Device Observations (15)
Junctional Emergency Treatment Tool (JETT) (16)
Intraosseous Intravenous (IO-IV) Device Use (17)
Preparing for a Mass Casualty Event
National EMS Core Content
The National Association of EMS Physicians led a workgroup as part of the CDC sponsored Terrorism Injuries: Information Dissemination and Exchange project to develop a national guideline for mass casualty triage. The result of this effort is the Model Uniform Core Criteria a list of essential elements for a mass casualty triage system.
Model Uniform Core Criteria position paper
Model Uniform Core Criteria background paper
They also developed the SALT Triage mass casualty triage scheme. SALT Triage meets the guidelines of the Model Uniform Core Criteria and is freely available.
SALT position paper
SALT background paper
SALT scheme
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