Broward ready for any cruise ship mishaps, officials say.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL);  July 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......response to Tuesday's cruise ship mishap appeared, emergency...2005. In 1998, the cruise ship Ecstasy caught fire...at Port Canaveral as mass casualty incidents, when the...that in the event of a cruise ship accident like that...primary caregiver during mass ...

Disaster drill to feature cruise ship Katahdin

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  June 5, 2008 ;     377 words ......the 200-ton Katahdin has served as a cruise ship on Moosehead Lake, but that doesn't...focusing on the 94-year-old steamship for mass casualty training late this summer. Local game...Maine Warden Service will develop the mass casualty scenario and serve as command for the...

BASE TRAINS MASS CASUALTY RESPONSE

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  October 25, 1999 ;     590 words ......exercise put their skills to the test during a mass casualty exercise Oct. 17. The scenario consisted...medical personnel to practice responding to a mass casualty situation. Mass casualty is by far the worst thing to face us in the...

Utah Inventor Develops Mass Casualty Disaster Training System

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 26, 2007 ;     244 words ......Jr. of Sandy, Utah, has developed a mass casualty disaster training inflatable manikin...Patent & Trademark Office: "A mass casualty disaster training system includes a...simulate a plurality of victims of a mass casualty disaster, and indicia associated with...

Mass casualty triage knowlege of military medical personnel

Military Medicine;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...During battlefield and mass casualty incidents, triage has been traditionally...providers are most knowledgeable in mass casualty triage. The design was a prospective...cases in each of three simulated mass casualty scenarios: combat; nuclear, biological...

TARAWA SAILORS CONDUCT MASS CASUALTY EXERCISE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 2, 2007 ;     323 words ......limbs and amputations as part of a mass casualty scenario played out on their hangar...stretcher bearers have never been in a mass casualty before," said Lt. Loren Standley, medical...think people see now that if we have a mass casualty, there's more of an emphasis on everyone...

Counseling support within the Navy mass casualty assistance team...

Military Medicine;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Center, the Navy Casualty Assistance mass casualty plan was undergoing transformations...of kin (NOK)). One component of the mass casualty plan was the establishment of a Counseling...our effort. Background Historically, mass casualty events (loss of 10 or more people in...

STENNIS CONDUCTS EVALUATED MASS CASUALTY DRILL

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 6, 2008 ;     515 words ......Stennis (CVN 74) held her first graded mass casualty drill during the Tailored Ship Training...since everyone has a role during a mass casualty; with the medical department providing...Pillitiere. The first step during a mass casualty is to sort the wounded by the severity...

New Expert Panel Report Examines Standards of Care During Mass Casualty...

U.S. Newswire;  May 12, 2005 ;     489 words ......delivering health and medical care in a mass casualty event are outlined in a new report...report, "Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events," offers a framework for how...report. "Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events" includes the recommendations...

WILL EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS RESPOND TO MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS?

Prehospital Emergency Care;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Providers will report to work during a mass casualty emergency regardless of family duties...emergency personnel needed to respond to a mass casualty incident. Two scenarios were presented...emergency preparedness; disaster response; mass casualty incident. prehospital emergency ...

SEN. ROBACH ANNOUNCES NEW CENTER TO HELP PLAN, PREPARE FOR MASS CASUALTY...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 26, 2006 ;     558 words ......aimed at preparing upstate New York for mass casualty events resulting from terrorism or...Academic Health Center Consortium for Mass Casualty Management (AHCC) is comprised of four...patient care efforts as it relates to mass casualty planning and response among the four...

Learning to locate the last remains At a glanceLaramie County Coroner...

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  June 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......with the Laramie County Coroner in a mass casualty exercise. By Cameron Mathews cmathews...Medical Center. In response to the mass casualty event, the pack herds into four groups...what it is like to have to deal with mass casualty situations. "It's as close to real...

MASS CASUALTY TRAINING TEAMS 26TH MEU AIR, GROUND AND LOGISTICS ELEMENTS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 16, 2006 ;     530 words ......Marine Expeditionary Unit's mass casualty evacuation team responds to...Regiment, who participated in the mass casualty evacuation exercise July 16...deadly serious about the mission. Mass casualty evacuations are just one of...

The South Carolina Nurses Association Unveils Preliminary Findings of the...

The South Carolina Nurse;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Level Registered Nurses Related to Mass Casualty Incidents was produced. The survey...International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education (INCMCE). A copy of the survey...very general terms, not specific to mass casualty incidents, and the content is limited...

YOKOSUKA FIRST RESPONDERS PARTICIPATE IN BILATERAL MASS CASUALTY DRILL

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 20, 2007 ;     431 words ......Medical Service Unit held a bilateral mass casualty exercise at Azumajima Island, Japan...The SMORT team's mission, during the mass casualty exercise, was to set up triage, categorize...this help hospital corpsmen see what a mass casualty incident might look like. "If you can...