Mobilizing an ER department to handle a mass casualty incident

Re:Mobilizing an ER department to handle a mass casualty inc... by maxxxxx on Monday November 13, 2017 @06:23PM (#15691208)

I once hung out for half a day at a hospital in Bakersfield, CA to watch a surgery and they had several gunshot victims come in. So in the US it seems they are highly experienced with this kind of injury unfortunately.

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Re:Mobilizing an ER department to handle a mass casualty inc... by cperciva on Monday November 13, 2017 @06:47PM (#15691334)

I don't know if it applies in this case, but US trauma medicine has also benefited tremendously from the experience of doctors who worked in military hospitals.

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Re:Mobilizing an ER department to handle a mass casualty inc... by burkemw3 on Monday November 13, 2017 @06:53PM (#15691365)

It goes the other way too, with military surgeons getting training in US cities: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/intense-training-for-military-s...

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Re:Mobilizing an ER department to handle a mass casualty inc... by dba7dba on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @03:03AM (#15693489)

Before the War on Terror, US Military trauma surgeons got experience treating bullet wounds by working rotations at hospitals near high crime/gang areas like Compton.

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Re:Mobilizing an ER department to handle a mass casualty inc... by eric_h on Monday November 13, 2017 @06:53PM (#15691364)

This is also true of traumatic brain injuries. A number of my doctors after a fairly serious (to me alone) car accident mentioned that they have a lot more information thanks to doctors treating victims of TBIs caused by explosions.

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Re:Mobilizing an ER department to handle a mass casualty inc... by walshemj on Monday November 13, 2017 @07:08PM (#15691447)

As where doctors in northen Ireland during the troubles

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