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ReviewChirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)2024

[Inpatient surgical treatment in mass casualty situations and disasters-Principles, targets, concepts, preparation].

Axel Franke, Wolfgang Lehmann, Thomas Wurmb

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Review in Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors.

Axel FrankeSektion Unfallchirurgie, Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie, Hand- und Rekonstruktive Chirurgie, Verbrennungsmedizin, BundeswehrZentralkrankenhaus Koblenz, Rübenacher Straße 170, 56072, Koblenz, Deutschland. dr.axel.franke@t-online.de.
Wolfgang LehmannKlinik für Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie und Plastische Chirurgie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37099, Göttingen, Deutschland.
Thomas WurmbKlinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Sektion Notfall- und Katastrophenmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Deutschland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe war in Ukraine and the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic have moved the resilience of the healthcare system in Germany into the focus of a broad discussion. The preparation for such a damage situation is characterized by the relationship between the available treatment capacity and needs which go far beyond the norm. The aim of a resilient healthcare system must be to adequately react to such exceptional situations. Particularly in acute disaster and mass casualty situations, medical standards and an individualized surgical treatment must be maintained for as long as possible. MATERIAL, METHOD AND

objectiveThe aim of this article is to elucidate the current terminology on medical treatment of patients in disasters from a surgical perspective, to further develop available concepts and possible concepts of crisis management based on three schematically presented scenarios. Furthermore, the general reaction possibilities for mobilization of treatment capacities are described.

resultsIn order to uniformly collate the quality of medical treatment in a damage situation, it is meaningful to include the stages of individualized treatment, compensated crisis care and decompensated crisis care. Within the framework of a mass casualty situation or a disaster, traumatological and surgical patients are predominant and the aim must be to maintain or restore the stage of a compensated crisis management. Depending on the extent of the damage situation, this can only be realized in a timely manner independent of state boundaries and by a superordinate central management structure. For a comprehensive provision of surgical treatment capacities, the depiction of a continuous overview of the situation with current resources and structural data of the hospitals in the affected region is necessary.

conclusionThe aim of all efforts and preparations must therefore be to durably strengthen hospitals and to train and develop this with respect to coping with a damage situation in disaster medicine. In this respect it is important to establish a consensus on terminology, the type of treatment and the tactical strategic principles of surgical treatment to cope with a disaster or damage situation.

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Disaster PlanningMass Casualty IncidentsDelivery of Health CareGermanyHumansInpatientsSARS-CoV-2Central management structureCompensated crisis careContingency careHealthcare systemPatient medical treatment in catastrophesTreatment capacity

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PMID37946023
PMCPMC10781850

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