TOR, Mass Gathering, ICS, Mass Casualty Flashcards
Universal TOR rule
Arrest not witnessed by EM
No shock delivered
No ROSC prior to transport (any ROSC)
EtCO2 with cardiac arrest
Better outcomes with >20
Worse outcomes with < 10
But no definite numbers to go on
Exceptions to transport for pediatric cardiac arrest
Obvious death
Crime scenes (or potential for crime scene, think SIDS)
Better prognosis in traumatic arrest
- Isolated stab wound to chest
- Signs of life when EMS arrives
- Thoracotomy within 15 minutes
Who to withhold in blunt traumatic arrests
Apneic
Pulseless
No organized electrical activity
Who to withhold on penetrating cardiac arrests
Apneic
Pulseless
No other signs of live (movement, electrical activity, PUPILLARY response)
penetrating - pupils
NAESMP-ASCOT recs in traumatic arrest
Consider if no ROSC after “appropriate filed treatment”
15 minute of CPR
Needs physician oversight
Advanced directives
Written document expressive future wishes for care decisions
Living will expresses
Wishes of patient in the event of permanent coma or terminal illness
POLST delineates
If resuscitation should be initiated
When to transport
Desired intensity of interventions
Main goal of mass gathering medicine
To spare existing system
Cardiac arrest response time for event
Within 5 minutes
Level of care at mass gathering
At least commensurate with level of care at surrounding community
Who should pay for medical equipment at a mass gathering
Event provider
Who should staff on site treatment facility
At least one medical provider at highest level
Facility for large mass gathering
Off site treatment facility - receive patients from prehospital system
Basically free standing hospital
Where to place docs at events
Bounded - central medical facility
Unbounded - may need to move with event
Most vulnerable part of mass gathering
Communications
Where is a 911 call received
Public Safety Answering Points
Radio as mass gathering should be what
P25 compliant
What implemented NIMS
PPD 5 after 911
NIMS does what
Guides all levels of government, NGOs and private sector to prevent, protect against, recover from, and mitigate disasters