by Patrick Fisk | Jan 19, 2023 | Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries, Mass Casualty / Disaster, Resuscitation
This post seeks to provide some insights and discussion around CBRNE events (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear and Explosive). We want to review procedures within a mass casualty CBRNE event, principles related to decontamination, PEE, and review the...
by Richard Hoang | Aug 22, 2019 | Critical Care, Mass Casualty / Disaster, Pre-Hospital, Trauma
Blast injuries resulting from explosions have the capacity to cause life-threatening multisystem injuries in multiple victims simultaneously. The biggest potential challenge in managing blast injuries is the creation of large numbers of simultaneous critically ill...