Prehospital Response Time of the Emergency Medical Service during Mass Casualty Incidents and the Effect of Triage: A Retrospective Study.

Johan L Heemskerk Kingsley O Abode-Iyamah Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Eric S Weinstein

Published in: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness (2021)

MCIs resulted in longer prehospital time intervals than non-MCIs. This finding suggests that additional efforts are needed to reduce the prehospital time for MCI patients. MCI triage and field triage were both associated with shorter alarm-to-hospital times. Widespread use may improve prehospital MCI care.

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