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COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: the Cassandra Syndrome.
Coccolini, Federico; Sartelli, Massimo; Kluger, Yoram; Pikoulis, Emmanouil; Karamagioli, Evika; Moore, Ernest E; Biffl, Walter L; Peitzman, Andrew; Hecker, Andreas; Chirica, Mircea; Damaskos, Dimitrios; Ordonez, Carlos; Vega, Felipe; Fraga, Gustavo P; Chiarugi, Massimo; Di Saverio, Salomone; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Mefire, Alain Chicom; Leppaniemi, Ari; Khokha, Vladimir; Sakakushev, Boris; Catena, Rodolfo; Coimbra, Raul; Ansaloni, Luca; Corbella, Davide; Catena, Fausto.
  • Coccolini F; General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisia 1, 56100, Pisa, Italy. federico.coccolini@gmail.com.
  • Sartelli M; General and Emergency Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
  • Kluger Y; Division of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
  • Pikoulis E; 3rd Department of Surgery, Attiko Hospital, MSc "Global Health-Disaster Medicine", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Athens, Greece.
  • Karamagioli E; MSc "Global Health-Disaster Medicine" School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Athens, Greece.
  • Moore EE; Ernest E Moore Shock Trauma Center, Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA.
  • Biffl WL; Trauma Surgery Department, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Peitzman A; Surgery Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  • Hecker A; Deparment of General & Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
  • Chirica M; Chirurgie Digestive, CHUGA-CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
  • Damaskos D; General and Emergency Surgery, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Ordonez C; Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia.
  • Vega F; Department of Surgery, Hospital Angeles Lomas, Mexico, Mexico.
  • Fraga GP; Division of Trauma Surgery, School of Medical Sciences (SMS), University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil.
  • Chiarugi M; General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisia 1, 56100, Pisa, Italy.
  • Di Saverio S; General and Trauma Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
  • Kirkpatrick AW; Department of General Surgery, University of Insubria, University Hospital of Varese, ASST Sette Laghi, Laghi, Regione Lombardia, Italy.
  • Abu-Zidan F; General, Acute Care, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, and Trauma Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Mefire AC; Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
  • Leppaniemi A; Department of Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
  • Khokha V; General Surgery Department, Meihlati Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Sakakushev B; General Surgery Department, Mozir City Hospital, Mozir, Belarus.
  • Catena R; General Surgery Department, Medical University, University Hospital St George, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
  • Coimbra R; Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy.
  • Ansaloni L; Riverside University Health System, CECORC Research Center, and Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, USA.
  • Corbella D; General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
  • Catena F; Neuro ICU, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
World J Emerg Surg ; 15(1): 26, 2020 04 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-47590
ABSTRACT
Since December 2019, the world is potentially facing one of the most difficult infectious situations of the last decades. COVID-19 epidemic warrants consideration as a mass casualty incident (MCI) of the highest nature. An optimal MCI/disaster management should consider all four phases of the so-called disaster cycle mitigation, planning, response, and recovery. COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated the worldwide unpreparedness to face a global MCI.This present paper thus represents a call for action to solicitate governments and the Global Community to actively start effective plans to promote and improve MCI management preparedness in general, and with an obvious current focus on COVID-19.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Civil Defense / Coronavirus Infections / Disaster Planning / Mass Casualty Incidents / Pandemics Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: World J Emerg Surg Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S13017-020-00304-5

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Civil Defense / Coronavirus Infections / Disaster Planning / Mass Casualty Incidents / Pandemics Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: World J Emerg Surg Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S13017-020-00304-5