MASS CASUALTY OPERATIONS

Part one of this three-hour session covers:

• Mass casualty command structure
• Detailed job descriptions
• Scene layout
• Mutual aid considerations
• Dispatch pre-planning
• Staging
• Hospital communications

Part two covers basic MCI response equipment, including:

• MCI bag
• Triage bag
• Trauma treatment bag
• Command vests and status boards
• Treatment area tarps
• Patient forms

For more information, click here for a PDF of "Building MCI Capability" article from April 2003 JEMS Magazine (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software, a free downloadable software available at get.adobe.com/reader/).