FORECASTING / MANAGEMENT OF
CASUALITIES
WHAT IS MANAGEMENT OF
CAUSALITIES?
The word casualties is most often
used by the news media to describe
deaths and injuries resulting
from wars or disasters.
FORECASTING OF CASUALITIES
Forecasting of disasters is not possible but
awareness of calamity (earthquake / flood /
cyclones) prone areas is also crucial.
FORECASTING
ANY EVENT RESULTING IN NUMBER OF
VICTIMS LARGE ENOUGH TO DISRUPT THE
NORMAL COURSE OF EMERGENCY AND
HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
HANDLING OF CASUALTIES
Triage
Definitive
Search Triage Regulation
Rescue Stabilization Evacuation
Advanced
Disaster Area Medical Transport Hospitalization
Post
MANAGEMENT OF CASUALITIES
Two phases of casualty management
Pre-disaster phase
Post-disaster phase
Pre-disaster phase
Understanding the epidemiology of disasters
Understanding the population health demographics
and critical care infrastructure in place.
Undertaking risk and hazard assessments Capacity
development to ensure acute event can be
appropriately managed by the affected nation
Post-disaster phase
Ensuring timely response and appropriate response
Logistics
The “field hospital”
Needs assessment
Communication and co-ordination, through
incident management team
Transportation of casualities
When the situation is urgent you may have to transport the
casualty. For this reason, you must know how to transport
him without increasing the seriousness of his condition.
Transporting a casualty by litter is safer and more
comfortable for him than by manual means; it is also easier
for you.
Manual transportation, however, may be the only feasible
method because of the terrain or the combat situation.
Management of fire disaster
THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE RESCUERS:
• Self-control
• Self-protection
• Reduction of the fire
• Extraction and transfer of victims to the open air
• Appropriate action when clothing is on tire
• Removal of burning clothing
• Emergency treatment of burned areas
• Knowledgeable action pending more complete relief
• Dealing with chemical burns
• Dealing with electrical burns
Casualty Evacuation TTPs
•USE SPECIALIZED
EQUIPMENT
•POLELESS LITTER
•SKED LITTER
•DESIGNATE AND
TRAIN
AID AND LITTER TMS
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