Prehospital response and field triage in pediatric mass casualty incidents: The Israeli experience

Yehezkel Waisman; Lisa Amir; Meirav Mor; Zvi Feigenberg; Limor Daniel Aharonson; Kobi Peleg; Amir Blumenfeld

doi:10.1016/j.cpem.2006.01.006

Prehospital response and field triage in pediatric mass casualty incidents: The Israeli experience

Yehezkel Waisman^*, Lisa Amir, Meirav Mor, Zvi Feigenberg, Limor Daniel Aharonson, Kobi Peleg, Amir Blumenfeld

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Abstract

Israel has been subject to hundreds of violent acts against the civilian population in the last several years, many of them mass casualty incidents involving children. The pediatric age group is characterized by unique anatomical, physiological, and developmental traits that make the treatment of traumatic injury particularly difficult. The aim of article is to review and analyze the cumulative experience gained in Israel with the management of children injured in mass casualty incidents, with a focus on the structure and modified triage algorithm of the national emergency medical system and the recommendations of the National Committee on the Management of Pediatric Mass Casualty Incidents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	52-58
Number of pages	7
Journal	Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpem.2006.01.006
State	Published - Mar 2006

Keywords

Children
Disaster medicine
Disaster-planning-organization-administration
Emergency medical services
Emergency medicine
Injury
Pediatric
Terror
Trauma
Triage

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