The CDC issued a health advisory listing its resources for responding to mass casualty events. The CDC offers a “Mass Casualty Event Preparedness and Response” website, which has information and tools for both the general public and health professionals.
ACEP and a task force developed the Bombings: Injury Patterns and Care curriculum, which was released in 2007, through a project funded by the CDC. The curriculum is designed to guide healthcare organizations creating an all-hazards disaster response training program.
Here are some of the many resources the CDC and ACEP offer for responding to bombing events:
• Medical record abstraction form for domestic bombing events
• Mass Trauma Casualty Predictor
• Blast injury fact sheets for professionals
• Blast injuries audio podcast
• Bombings: Injury Patterns and Care class materials, pocket guide and poster
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