Report on the El Paso Mass Casualty Incident Hospital Response: Enhancing Surge Capacity
The survival rate of victims of a mass casualty incident brought to a Level I trauma center and triaged by a surgeon and an emergency physician who simultaneously provided care did not differ significantly from the survival rate at a Level II trauma center with a single triage physician on duty. The rapid arrival of multiple specialists resulted in 14 patients treated within an hour.
Authors
- Alan Tyroch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0172-5711)
- Adam C. Adler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6518-1549)
- Susan F. McLean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9659-1727)
- Nancy Weber
- Stephen Flaherty
- Alejandro Rios Tovar
Institutions
- Texas Tech University (US)
- The University of Texas at El Paso (US)
- University Medical Center of El Paso (US)
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (US)
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.24991
- Primary Topic
- Disaster Response and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00