• Burns · Sep 2010

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    Mass casualty incidents with multiple burn victims: rationale for a Swiss burn plan.

    • Mathieu Potin, Christophe Sénéchaud, Hervé Carsin, Jean-Philippe Fauville, Jean-Luc Fortin, Walter Kuenzi, Gianpiero Lupi, Wassim Raffoul, Clemens Schiestl, Mathias Zuercher, Bertrand Yersin, and Mette M Berger.
    • Public Health Service, State of Vaud, Lausanne, Switzerland; Emergency Service, University Hospital Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland. mathieu.potin@vd.ch
    • Burns. 2010 Sep 1;36(6):741-50.

    IntroductionMass casualty incidents involving victims with severe burns pose difficult and unique problems for both rescue teams and hospitals. This paper presents an analysis of the published reports with the aim of proposing a rational model for burn rescue and hospital referral for Switzerland.MethodsLiterature review including systematic searches of PubMed/Medline, reference textbooks and journals as well as landmark articles.ResultsSince hospitals have limited surge capacities in the event of burn disasters, a special approach to both prehospital and hospital management of these victims is required. Specialized rescue and care can be adequately met and at all levels of needs by deploying mobile burn teams to the scene. These burn teams can bring needed skills and enhance the efficiency of the classical disaster response teams. Burn teams assist with both primary and secondary triage, contribute to initial patient management and offer advice to non-specialized designated hospitals that provide acute care for burn patients with Total Burn Surface Area (TBSA) <20-30%. The main components required for successful deployments of mobile burn teams include socio-economic feasibility, streamlined logistical implementation as well as partnership coordination with other agencies including subsidiary military resources.ConclusionsDisaster preparedness plans involving burn specialists dispatched from a referral burn center can upgrade and significantly improve prehospital rescue outcome, initial resuscitation care and help prevent an overload to hospital surge capacities in case of multiple burn victims. This is the rationale behind the ongoing development and implementation of the Swiss burn plan.2009 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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