Surgical Response to Multiple Casualty Incidents Following Single Explosive Events
Propper, B., Rasmussen, T., Davidson, S., et al.
(2009).
Surgical Response to Multiple Casualty Incidents Following Single Explosive Events.
(Abstract only.) Annals of Surgery. 250(2): 311-315.
This study describes surge response to multiple casualty incidences following explosive events handled at a U.S. trauma hospital in Iraq. The authors noted that 48% of the mass casualty military patients needed blood, but 4 patients consumed 43% of the blood used, emphasizing the importance of related resource utilization planning.
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