Disaster Medicine

Question 1

The 6 P’s

Answer 1

Major aspects of disaster responses:
- preparation
- planning
- pre-hospital
- procedures for hospital management
- patterns of injury
- pitfalls

Question 2

CSCATTT

Answer 2

Pre-hospital incident scene priorities:
- command and control
- safety
- communication
- assessment
- triage
- treatment
- transport

Question 3

METHANE

Answer 3

Pre-hospital, information to be passed during a disaster:
- major incident “standby” or “declared”
- exact location with grid reference if available
- type of incident (eg rail, chemical, radiological, road)
- hazards (present and potential)
- access (direction and approach)
- number of casualties (with type and severity)
- emergency services (present and required)