TY - JOUR
T1 - Equipping public spaces to facilitate rapid point-of-injury hemorrhage control after mass casualty
AU - Goolsby, Craig
AU - Strauss-Riggs, Kandra
AU - Rozenfeld, Michael
AU - Charlton, Nathan
AU - Goralnick, Eric
AU - Peleg, Kobi
AU - Levy, Matthew J.
AU - Davis, Tim
AU - Hurst, Nicole
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - In response to increasing violent attacks, the Stop the Bleed campaign recommends that everyone have access to both personal and public bleeding-control kits. There are currently no guidelines about how many bleeding victims public sites should be equipped to treat during a mass casualty incident. We conducted a retrospective review of intentional mass casualty incidents, including shootings, stabbings, vehicle attacks, and bombings, to determine the typical number of people who might benefit from immediate hemorrhage control by a bystander before professional medical help arrives. On the basis of our analysis, we recommend that planners at public venues consider equipping their sites with supplies to treat a minimum of 20 bleeding victims during an intentional mass casualty incident.
AB - In response to increasing violent attacks, the Stop the Bleed campaign recommends that everyone have access to both personal and public bleeding-control kits. There are currently no guidelines about how many bleeding victims public sites should be equipped to treat during a mass casualty incident. We conducted a retrospective review of intentional mass casualty incidents, including shootings, stabbings, vehicle attacks, and bombings, to determine the typical number of people who might benefit from immediate hemorrhage control by a bystander before professional medical help arrives. On the basis of our analysis, we recommend that planners at public venues consider equipping their sites with supplies to treat a minimum of 20 bleeding victims during an intentional mass casualty incident.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304773
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304773
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30571311
AN - SCOPUS:85060181757
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 109
SP - 236
EP - 241
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 2
ER -