Children's Health Care in Mass-Casualty Incidents: A Systematic Literature Review

• 2021

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• Victor Costa; Giovani Stefani; Helio Ferenhof; Fabiana Lima; Maira Cola
PMID: 34658318DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x21001060

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This review examines children's health care during mass-casualty incidents (MCIs). It describes the challenges of helping children in emergencies and identifies key topics like disaster response, triage, and planning. The study analyzed 21 articles to highlight these issues. It emphasizes the need for better preparation before disasters and improved care after they occur. The review follows PRISMA guidelines and includes studies from various databases in multiple languages. Overall, it calls for more research on pre- and post-disaster phases to enhance emergency medicine's focus on reducing harm during such events.

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Focus Areas: Natural Disasters; Trauma; Violence

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Emergency Managers; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Child Health; Disaster Planning; Emergency Medicine; Pediatrics; Triage; Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Mass Casualty Incidents; Disaster Medicine

Institutions: Federal University of Santa Catarina

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