MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL RESOURCES IN MULTIPLE VICTIM INCIDENTS
Abstract:
Multiple victim incidents are becoming more and more frequent nowadays. Industrialization
and improved infrastructure have not only contributed to more modern, easily accessible resources
and opportunities, but have also enabled the increase of tragedies, especially multiple victim
casualties like terrorist incidents, explosions and natural phenomenon. Therefore, the healthcare
system is confronted with a new challenge, to manage and find protocols for incidents that demand
great resources and that involve multiple victims. Considered by some authors to be the most
important aspect of healthcare management, the management of health care resources is a complex
problem, in a continuous dynamic. In times of difficulty, knowing what to do and having everything
you need in order to save the victims life is crucial for medical personnel. Providing medical services
remains, in spite of technological advances specific to the modern age, a mission accomplished by
people for the benefit of other people.
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