Περίληψη:
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. © 2020 The Author(s).
Συγγραφείς:
Coccolini, F.
Sartelli, M.
Kluger, Y.
Pikoulis, E.
Karamagioli, E.
Moore, E.E.
Biffl, W.L.
Peitzman, A.
Hecker, A.
Chirica, M.
Damaskos, D.
Ordonez, C.
Vega, F.
Fraga, G.P.
Chiarugi, M.
Di Saverio, S.
Kirkpatrick, A.W.
Abu-Zidan, F.
Mefire, A.C.
Leppaniemi, A.
Khokha, V.
Sakakushev, B.
Catena, R.
Coimbra, R.
Ansaloni, L.
Corbella, D.
Catena, F.
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Coronavirinae; government; mass disaster; nonhuman; review; civil defense; classification; coronavirus disease 2019; Coronavirus infection; disaster planning; global health; health care delivery; human; human rights; pandemic; risk assessment; virus pneumonia, Civil Defense; Coronavirus Infections; Delivery of Health Care; Disaster Planning; Global Health; Human Rights; Humans; Mass Casualty Incidents; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; Risk Assessment
