COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: The Cassandra Syndrome

Federico Coccolini; Massimo Sartelli; Yoram Kluger; Emmanouil Pikoulis; Evika Karamagioli; Ernest E. Moore; Walter L. Biffl; Andrew Peitzman; Andreas Hecker; Mircea Chirica; Dimitrios Damaskos; Carlos Ordonez; Felipe Vega; Gustavo P. Fraga; Massimo Chiarugi; Salomone Di Saverio; Andrew W. Kirkpatrick; Fikri Abu-Zidan; Alain Chicom Mefire; Ari Leppaniemi; Vladimir Khokha; Boris Sakakushev; Rodolfo Catena; Raul Coimbra; Luca Ansaloni; Davide Corbella; Fausto Catena

doi:10.1186/s13017-020-00304-5

COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: The Cassandra Syndrome

Federico Coccolini
, Massimo Sartelli
, Yoram Kluger
, Emmanouil Pikoulis
, Evika Karamagioli
, Ernest E. Moore
, Walter L. Biffl
, Andrew Peitzman
, Andreas Hecker
, Mircea Chirica
, Dimitrios Damaskos
, Carlos Ordonez
, Felipe Vega
, Gustavo P. Fraga
, Massimo Chiarugi
, Salomone Di Saverio
, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick
, Fikri Abu-Zidan
, Alain Chicom Mefire
, Ari Leppaniemi

Vladimir Khokha, Boris Sakakushev, Rodolfo Catena, Raul Coimbra, Luca Ansaloni, Davide Corbella, Fausto Catena

United Arab Emirates University

University of Pisa
Macerata Hospital
Division of General Surgery
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Denver Health
Scripps Memorial Hospital
University of Pittsburgh
Justus Liebig University Giessen
CHU de Grenoble
NHS Lothian
Fundación Valle del Lili
Hospital Angeles Lomas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University of Insubria
Foothills Medical Centre
University of Buea
Meihlati Hospital
Mozir City Hospital
University Hospital/UMBAL/St George Plovdiv
Maggiore Hospital
Loma Linda University Health
Ospedale M. Bufalini
Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital

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Abstract

Since December 2019, the world is potentially facing one of the most difficult infectious situations of the last decades. COVID-19 epidemic warrants consideration as a mass casualty incident (MCI) of the highest nature. An optimal MCI/disaster management should consider all four phases of the so-called disaster cycle: mitigation, planning, response, and recovery. COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated the worldwide unpreparedness to face a global MCI. This present paper thus represents a call for action to solicitate governments and the Global Community to actively start effective plans to promote and improve MCI management preparedness in general, and with an obvious current focus on COVID-19.

Original language	English
Article number	26
Journal	World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-00304-5
State	Published - 9 Apr 2020

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

COVID-19
Coronavirus
Criticalities
Epidemia
Management
Mass casualties
Pademia
Resource
WSES

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Coccolini, F., Sartelli, M., Kluger, Y., Pikoulis, E., Karamagioli, E., Moore, E. E., Biffl, W. L., Peitzman, A., Hecker, A., Chirica, M., Damaskos, D., Ordonez, C., Vega, F., Fraga, G. P., Chiarugi, M., Di Saverio, S., Kirkpatrick, A. W., Abu-Zidan, F., Mefire, A. C., ... Catena, F. (2020). COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: The Cassandra Syndrome. World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 15(1), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-00304-5

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COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: The Cassandra Syndrome

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