Coordination in dealing with large numbers of severely burned casualties
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Motivation
Lack of efficient coordination mechanism to overcome the limited capacity to deal with large numbers of severely burned casualties at member state level
Potential Solutions
To our best knowledge, this was never encountered so far in the case of large forest fires with a large number id severely burnt casualties exceeding the capacity from one region or country. But there is a lack of preparation shall this case happen.
Rationale & related CM function(s)
Search and rescue operations are used to find missing people, rescue victims of forest fires, provide first aid, and move them to safe areas.
On-site first treatment service needs to be provided to severely burned people.
On-site treatment of severely burned people can be provided by deployed field hospitals or by transporting them to regular hospitals.
Additional national and international medical support for dealing with severely burned people is accepted and coordinated.
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