TRAVIS L. HEDMAN, PT*; CHARLES D. QUICK, OTR/L†; REGINALD L. RICHARD, MS, PT‡; EVAN M. RENZ, MD§; STEVEN V. FISHER, MD¥; ELIZABETH A. RIVERS, OTR, RN¶; JAMES C. CASEY, MOT, OTR/L**; KEVIN K. CHUNG, MD††; PETER A. DESOCIO, DO‡‡; WILLIAM S. DEWEY, PT, CHT, OCS§§; JAIME L. DROOK, OTR/L¥¥; NICOLE J. LEHNERZ, OTR/L¶¶; CHRISTOPHER V. MAANI, MD***; ALFREDO E. MONTALVO, MSN, BSN, APN†††; BETH A. SHIELD...

Earthquakes continue to exact a heavy toll on life, injury, and loss of property. Survival of casualties extricated from under the rubble depends upon early medical interventions by emergency teams on site. The objective of this paper is to review the pertinent literature and to analyze the information as a practical guideline for the medical management of casualties accidentally buried alive.

BACKGROUND Road traffic injuries (RTI) are on increase in developing countries. Health care facilities are poorly equipped to provide the needed services. OBJECTIVE Determine access and quality of care for RTI casualties in Kenya. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey SETTING 53 large and medium size private, faith-based and public hospitals. PARTICIPANTS In-patient road traffic crash casualtie...

Disaster planning is only as good as the assumptions on which it is based. However, some of these assumptions are derived from a conventional wisdom that is at variance with empirical field disaster research studies. Knowledge of disaster research findings might help planners avoid common disaster management pitfalls, thereby improving disaster response planning. To illustrate the point, this a...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine if emergency tourniquet use saved lives. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Tourniquets have been proposed as lifesaving devices in the current war and are now issued to all soldiers. Few studies, however, describe their actual use in combat casualties. METHODS A prospective survey of injured who required tourniquets was performed over 7 months in 2...

UNLABELLED Active shooting violence at confined settings, such as educational institutions, poses serious security concerns to public safety. In studying the effects of active shooter scenarios, the common denominator associated with all events, regardless of reason/intent for shooter motives, or type of weapons used, was the location chosen and time expended between the beginning of the event ...