What goes wrong at a disaster or major incident?

Hosp Med. 1998 Dec;59(12):944-6.

Abstract

From a receiving hospital's perspective a major incident is 'an accident about to happen'. The potential for chaos is present at every phase. This short paper describes in a chronological fashion the common traps and pitfalls and how to avoid them.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Crisis Intervention
  • Disaster Planning*
  • Emergency Medical Services / organization & administration*
  • Hotlines
  • Humans
  • Risk Management
  • Task Performance and Analysis
  • Triage
  • United Kingdom