http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/emergency-services/treatment-protocols-1101.pdf - see page 159
Their definitions MCI = any situation where the NUMBER of patients exceed capability Level 1 - no mutual aid needed Level 2 - mutual aid is needed Level 3 - local and regional EMS are overwhelmed ----------------------------------- If there is a person with a sprained toe in Holland Mass (Region ?3), but the only responder is coming from New Braintree (Region ?4) with a bag of ice - is this a level 3 MCI? It sure is by these definitions. By these definitions, every incident is a Level 3 MCI until someone gets onscene and gives a report. By these definitions, every time that a ambulance is slow to be staffed, that is a Level 1 or 2 MCI. By these definitions, every time that a 2nd ambulance is needed in a 1 ambulance town, that is a Level 2 MCI. ------------------------------------ What is a MCI really? A massive casualty incident. Either some heavy patients - or alot of not heavy pateints. Maybe it would be good to dump all of this level 1 / level 2 / level 3 / Phase 5 stuff. The focus should be on getting a report of the number of injurys to the dispatcher as soon as possible. 5 critical and 6 walking wounded. That is all the dispatcher needs to know. (maybe a few more details would be good - 3 decon pateints - 2 burn patients - etc - but that is not common) ---------- Simpler still Initial report - "approx 15 patients" Followup report (within 5 minutes) - "we have 3 black + 3 red + 3 yellow + 3 green" - any special conditions? - "yes, 2 of the red need to be deconned" Thats all she wrote -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
