Operations & Tactics

Integrated Response to Mass Casualty Incidents

Max Schulte

Even in mass casualty incidents, each patient needs to be assessed.
Even in mass casualty incidents, each patient needs to be assessed.
Max Schulte

As first responders, our skills across the board need to be maintained.
As first responders, our skills across the board need to be maintained.
Max Schulte

A casualty collection point to coordinate triage is mandatory.
A casualty collection point to coordinate triage is mandatory.

I recently had an opportunity to attend a one day course called EMS Response to Active Shooter put on by TAC-MED, LLC. outsidePhiladelphia,PA. TAC-MED offers several courses ranging from Self Aid to Applied Tactical Medicine. When I received the course announcement, it said that it was designed for Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical Services, and the Military. I thought this would be a good opportunity to see whatEMSis thinking and how they might handle a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) or...
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