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A Hospital Plan for Mass Casualties in Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Ruchdi H. Diwan
Ruchdi H. Diwan
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From theMaadi Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
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Our hospital which was initially devoted to deal with specialized branches of medicine, was rapidly transformed into a purely military one when mass casualties of war needed care. The design of the hospital was therefore changed. Operating theaters were shifted to safe underground floors. Intensive care units were placed near the operating theaters, and a large reception-identification area was prepared to receive victims brought by ambulance or helicopter. Quick-sorting of casualties according to priorities was dealt with in the reception area.

(1) Immediate group: This was dealt with on the spot by quick resuscitation measures. (2) Urgent group: These were immediately taken to the intensive care units or to the operating theaters. (3) Expectant group: These were taken to the wards.

Type
Part III: International Organizations - Planning - Disaster Events
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 1 , supplement S1: Disaster Resuscitology , 1985 , pp. 339
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1985

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