Burn Disaster Response Planning in New York City: Updated Recommendations for Best Practices

• 2012

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• Nicole Leahy; Roger Yurt; Eliot Lazar; Alfred Villacara; Angela Rabbitts; Laurence Berger
PMID: 22964548DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/bcr.0b013e318241b2cc

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This article describes updated plans for handling burn disasters in New York City. It explains how the NYC Task Force for Patients with Burns has created a response plan to help 400 burn victims after a large disaster. The plan includes triage, treatment, and transportation until hospital beds are available. It also suggests using a new scoring system to prioritize patients based on their health conditions and chances of survival. The recommendations include creating educational modules for medical staff and setting up systems for tracking patients and resources during emergencies.

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Focus Area: Trauma

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Algorithms; Burn Units; Burns; Disaster Planning; Emergency Medical Services; New York City; Triage; Benchmarking

Institutions: NewYork-Presbyterian; Weill Cornell Medicine; New York State Department of Health; RWJBarnabas Health Care System

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