District of Columbia Emergency Healthcare Coalition Burn Mass Casualty Plan: Development to Exercise Date.
Citation: Journal of Burn Care & Research. 38(1):e299-e305, 2017 Jan/FebPMID: 27388884Institution: MedStar Washington Hospital CenterDepartment: NursingForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal ArticleSubject headings: *Burns/th [Therapy] | *Disaster Planning/og [Organization & Administration] | *Health Care Coalitions/og [Organization & Administration] | *Mass Casualty Incidents/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data] | *Trauma Centers/og [Organization & Administration] | Advisory Committees | Burn Units/og [Organization & Administration] | Burns/ep [Epidemiology] | District of Columbia | Female | Health Resources | Humans | Male | Outcome Assessment (Health Care) | Program Evaluation | TriageYear: 2017Local holdings: Available online through MWHC library: 2006 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 2006 - presentISSN:- 1559-047X
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Available online through MWHC library: 2006 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 2006 - present
The District of Columbia Emergency Healthcare Coalition (DC EHC) brought together a Burn Task Force to tackle the issue of mass burn care in a metropolitan area in light of limited local burn center resources. This article outlines the development of the mass burn care plan. Using a tiered treatment approach, mass burn victims would be transported first to burn centers within the area, followed by nonburn center trauma centers, and finally to nonburn and nontrauma center acute care facilities. Once activated the Burn Task Force would triage and coordinate transfer of mass burn patients within the District for further care at burn centers using a strong link with the Eastern Regional Burn Disaster Consortium. This plan was exercised in the spring of 2014 to test all of the components. To strengthen mass burn care, this plan, put in place for the District of Columbia, has been expanded to include the National Capital Region as well.
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