How Will You Respond to the Next Emergency?

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Features| April 2022 How Will You Respond to the Next Emergency? Stacey Watt, MD, MBA, MHPE, FASA; Stacey Watt, MD, MBA, MHPE, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Terrence R. Burns, MD, D.ABA; Terrence R. Burns, MD, D.ABA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Zachary Fetter, DO; Zachary Fetter, DO Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Kenneth Todd, DO; Kenneth Todd, DO Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Vincent Bargnes Vincent Bargnes Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor April 2022, Vol. 86, 26–30. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000826976.66246.ae Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Stacey Watt, Terrence R. Burns, Zachary Fetter, Kenneth Todd, Vincent Bargnes; How Will You Respond to the Next Emergency?. ASA Monitor 2022; 86:26–30 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000826976.66246.ae Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: internship and residency, mass casualty setting, surgical procedures, operative Any hospital can be impacted by a mass casualty event regardless of the size, location, or capabilities of the facility. A coordinated response cannot be developed between the first warning of a mass casualty event and the arrival of the first patient. This two-part series of articles explains the fundamentals of developing an Incident Command System (ICS). In this second part, we analyze key components of the ICS as well as provide an example of an ICS structure for the perioperative setting of a mass casualty event. Our plan has been tailored to meet the needs of our health care system (Buffalo General Hospital) based upon the core principles of ICS. As we discussed in part 1, the ICS is a standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of on-scene crisis management (asamonitor.pub/3HRxkD2). This approach provides a common hierarchy where personnel can be integrated across health care... You do not currently have access to this content.