Pediatric Mass-Casualty Education: Experiential Learning Through University-Sponsored Disaster Simulation

• 2014

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• Elizabeth Austin; Serap Bastepe-Gray; H. Wayne Nelson; Judith Breitenbach; Kathleen Ogle; Angela Durry
PMID: 25194652DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2014.05.015

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This article describes Operation STAT 2013, which involved a mass-casualty drill with middle and high school students and health professions (nursing) students in an academic setting in Maryland. A simulation scenario was based on a non-terrorist explosion resulting in hundreds of casualties. Evaluations show both sets of students express that the experience was positive and increased their knowledge about disaster response.

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Focus Areas: CBRNE; Everyday Emergency; Trauma

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Nurses

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Education, Nursing; Explosions; Nursing Assessment; Pediatric Nursing; Triage; United States; Emergency Nursing; Mass Casualty Incidents; Simulation Training

Institutions: Towson University

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