Mass casualty events

Mass casualty events

A mass casualty event is defined as a situation that stresses the first responders (such as firefighters and emergency medical technicians) as well the healthcare system in general. There are many different kinds of MCEs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention break up the types of MCEs into bioterrorism, chemical emergencies, radiation emergencies, natural disasters like weather (CDC, 2009) and first responders even consider large car accidents to be an MCE.

Because there are so many types of MCEs and so many opportunities for them to occur the states of the United States have many different first responders prepared to respond. Most cities have Emergency Medical Services, such as ambulance crews. Other first responders include firefighters (may or may not be heavy rescue equipped), law enforcement (police), or even military. Cities are also equipped with receiving facilities for all of these first responders to transport to, such as hospitals.

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