Mass Casualty Incidents

"Mass Casualty Incidents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Events that overwhelm the resources of local HOSPITALS and health care providers. They are likely to impose a sustained demand for HEALTH SERVICES rather than the short, intense peak customary with smaller scale disasters.

Descriptor ID	D054527
MeSH Number(s)	I01.198.240.856.800.537 I01.880.735.900.800.575 N06.230.100.160
Concept/Terms	Mass Casualty Incidents Mass Casualty Incidents Casualty Incident, Mass Casualty Incidents, Mass Incident, Mass Casualty Incidents, Mass Casualty Mass Casualty Incident Mass Casualties Mass Casualties Casualties, Mass Casualty, Mass Mass Casualty

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mass Casualty Incidents".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Criminology [I01.198]
Crime [I01.198.240]
Violence [I01.198.240.856]
Terrorism [I01.198.240.856.800]
Mass Casualty Incidents [I01.198.240.856.800.537]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Problems [I01.880.735]
Violence [I01.880.735.900]
Terrorism [I01.880.735.900.800]
Mass Casualty Incidents [I01.880.735.900.800.575]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Environment [N06.230]
Disasters [N06.230.100]
Mass Casualty Incidents [N06.230.100.160]

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Bar chart showing 25 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2016 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2008	1	0	1
2009	2	0	2
2010	2	0	2
2011	2	1	3
2014	2	1	3
2015	0	1	1
2016	3	1	4
2017	1	1	2
2018	3	1	4
2020	1	0	1
2024	2	0	2

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Carpenter D, Menard A, Isenberger J, Stevens GA, LaRock L. Acute and Critical Care Nurses' Roles in Mass Shootings: An Integrative Review. Crit Care Nurse. 2024 Oct 01; 44(5):20-31.

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Davis T, Taubman C, Cheng L, Pigeon MA, Storr L, Nouaime G, Shin H, Vear K, Obernier R, Ciottone G. Analysis of?Military-Civilian Patient Handoff at Vista Forge Multi-Agency Nuclear Disaster Exercise 2022. Mil Med. 2024 Feb 27; 189(3-4):e522-e526.

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Monnier-Serov S, Gupta A, Mangolds V, Broach JP, O'Connor L, Milsten A. How will disaster victims react to first responder commands-A survey of simulated disaster victims. Am J Disaster Med. 2020 Fall; 15(4):275-282.

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Lee HY, Lee JI, Kim OH, Lee KH, Kim HT, Youk H. Assessment of the disaster medical response system through an investigation of a 43-vehicle mass collision on Jung-ang expressway. Accid Anal Prev. 2019 Feb; 123:60-68.

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Cicero MX, Whitfill T, Walsh B, Diaz MCG, Arteaga GM, Scherzer DJ, Goldberg SA, Madhok M, Bowen A, Paesano G, Redlener M, Munjal K, Auerbach M. Correlation Between Paramedic Disaster Triage Accuracy in Screen-Based Simulations and Immersive Simulations. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2019 Jan-Feb; 23(1):83-89.

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Hart A, Nammour E, Mangolds V, Broach J. Intuitive versus Algorithmic Triage. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018 Aug; 33(4):355-361.

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Rosenfeld JV, Mitra B, Smit V, Fitzgerald MC, Butson B, Stephenson M, Reade MC. Preparedness for treating victims of terrorist attacks in Australia: Learning from recent military experience. Emerg Med Australas. 2018 10; 30(5):722-724.

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Haar RJ, Risko CB, Singh S, Rayes D, Albaik A, Alnajar M, Kewara M, Clouse E, Baker E, Rubenstein LS. Determining the scope of attacks on health in four governorates of Syria in 2016: Results of a field surveillance program. PLoS Med. 2018 04; 15(4):e1002559.

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Broach J, Yong R, Manuell ME, Nichols C. Use of Facial Recognition Software to Identify Disaster Victims With Facial Injuries. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2017 10; 11(5):568-572.

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Cicero MX, Whitfill T, Munjal K, Madhok M, Diaz MCG, Scherzer DJ, Walsh BM, Bowen A, Redlener M, Goldberg SA, Symons N, Burkett J, Santos JC, Kessler D, Barnicle RN, Paesano G, Auerbach MA. 60 seconds to survival: A pilot study of a disaster triage video game for prehospital providers. Am J Disaster Med. 2017; 12(2):75-83.

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