Mobile Burn Disaster Response Teams: A Scoping Review

• 2023

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• Danielle Fuchko; Kathryn King-Shier; Vincent Gabriel
PMID: 35731628DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irac081

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This article discusses mobile burn disaster response teams and their role in handling mass casualty events. It describes how these teams, organized by burn care networks, governments, or the U.S. Army, provide specialized care during disasters like terrorist attacks. The review highlights their effectiveness in triage and stabilization but notes challenges due to limited specialists. Although the WHO suggests more such teams worldwide, few countries have acted on this advice. A hybrid model where responders communicate with experts remotely might help overcome these issues and improve disaster response efforts globally.

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Focus Areas: Trauma; Violence

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Burn Units; Burns; Child; Disaster Planning; Emergency Medical Services; Mobile Health Units; Triage; Mass Casualty Incidents

Institutions: University of Calgary; Foothills Medical Centre (FMC)

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