The Mass Casualty Incident in Turin, 2017: A Case Study of Disaster Responders' Mental Health in an Italian Level I Hospital.
Valeria CaramelloLeticia BertuzziFulvio RicceriUmberto AlbertGiuseppe MainaAdriana BoccuzziFrancesco Della CorteMerritt C SchreiberPublished in: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness (2020)
Most of the adverse psychological implications of the MCI were well handled and averted by the responders. A possible explanation could be related to factors such as the clinical condition of the victims (most were not severely injured, no fatalities), the small number of casualties (87) brought to the hospital, the event not being considered life-threatening, and its brief duration, among others. Responders had mainly to cope with a sudden surge in casualties and with organizational issues.