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Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | Coronavirus | Commentary

COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: the Cassandra Syndrome

Authors: Federico Coccolini, Massimo Sartelli, Yoram Kluger, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Evika Karamagioli, Ernest E. Moore, Walter L. Biffl, Andrew Peitzman, Andreas Hecker, Mircea Chirica, Dimitrios Damaskos, Carlos Ordonez, Felipe Vega, Gustavo P. Fraga, Massimo Chiarugi, Salomone Di Saverio, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Alain Chicom Mefire, Ari Leppaniemi, Vladimir Khokha, Boris Sakakushev, Rodolfo Catena, Raul Coimbra, Luca Ansaloni, Davide Corbella, Fausto Catena

Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery | Issue 1/2020

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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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Metadata
Title
COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: the Cassandra Syndrome
Authors
Federico Coccolini
Massimo Sartelli
Yoram Kluger
Emmanouil Pikoulis
Evika Karamagioli
Ernest E. Moore
Walter L. Biffl
Andrew Peitzman
Andreas Hecker
Mircea Chirica
Dimitrios Damaskos
Carlos Ordonez
Felipe Vega
Gustavo P. Fraga
Massimo Chiarugi
Salomone Di Saverio
Andrew W. Kirkpatrick
Fikri Abu-Zidan
Alain Chicom Mefire
Ari Leppaniemi
Vladimir Khokha
Boris Sakakushev
Rodolfo Catena
Raul Coimbra
Luca Ansaloni
Davide Corbella
Fausto Catena
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
World Journal of Emergency Surgery / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1749-7922
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-00304-5

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