Triage in mass casualty situations

dc.contributor.author	Smith, Wayne P.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-07-03T08:31:50Z
dc.date.available	2013-07-03T08:31:50Z
dc.date.issued	2012-12
dc.description	The original publication is available at http://www.cmej.org.za/index.php/cmej	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	The incidence of major incidents and disasters has increased over the past decades. A recent Oxfam report highlights a four-fold increase in the occurrence of weather-related disasters in the last two decades. Moreover, increasing urbanisation seems to contribute to an increase in major incidents. The Division of Emergency Medicine in the Western Cape has been compiling a database of major incidents over the last 3 years. The average number of incidents is in excess of 100 per annum. The literature may vary on what is meant by the terms ‘major incident’ and ‘disaster’, but there is no doubt about the challenges that these pose to the delivery of healthcare.	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	p. 413-415 : ill.
dc.identifier.citation	Smith, W.P. 2012. Triage in mass casualty situations. Continuing Medical Education, 30(11): 413-415.
dc.identifier.issn	2078-5143 (online)
dc.identifier.issn	0256-2170 (print)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/83465
dc.publisher	Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG)	en_ZA
dc.rights.holder	Author retain copyright	en_ZA
dc.subject	Emergency management	en_ZA
dc.subject	Disaster medicine	en_ZA
dc.subject	Triage (Medicine)	en_ZA
dc.title	Triage in mass casualty situations	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA

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