Reflection on rescue and treatment of mass burn casualties in 21st century

VernacularTitle: 21世纪群体烧伤救治启示
Author: Zhaofan XIA ¹ ; Junqiang LI
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1. Burn Institute of PLA, Department of Burn Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Burns; Mass casualty incidents; Rescue and treatment; Reflection
From: Chinese Journal of Burns 2018;34(6):321-325
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The rescue and treatment of mass burn casualties is a test for both the burn treatment level and the disaster emergency response ability of a country or a region. In recent years, burn disasters happened occasionally around the world despite of the improvement of safety level in production and the awareness of fire prevention. On one hand, mass burn casualty events caused catastrophic damages to human health. On the other hand, they also promoted the development of burn treatment and disaster medicine. This paper may provide some references for further improving the management of mass burn casualties in the future by reviewing several typical cases of burn disaster rescue and treatment in the world since the 21st century.