COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: the Cassandra Syndrome.
World J Emerg Surg
; 15(1): 26, 2020 04 09.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32272957
ABSTRACT
Since December 2019, the world is potentially facing one of the most difficult infectious situations of the last decades. COVID-19 epidemic warrants consideration as a mass casualty incident (MCI) of the highest nature. An optimal MCI/disaster management should consider all four phases of the so-called disaster cycle mitigation, planning, response, and recovery. COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated the worldwide unpreparedness to face a global MCI.This present paper thus represents a call for action to solicitate governments and the Global Community to actively start effective plans to promote and improve MCI management preparedness in general, and with an obvious current focus on COVID-19.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Viral
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Defesa Civil
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Planejamento em Desastres
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Incidentes com Feridos em Massa
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Pandemias
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
World J Emerg Surg
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália