Mass casualty

●Critical

Call 112

⚠️ Check: Is the area safe for you to approach?

Secondary attack
Fire
Structural collapse
Contamination

Quick summary

Stay safe. Call 112 — many injured. Help worst first. Follow responders.

Do This Now

Step 1: Ensure your own safety first
Step 2: Call 112 — say mass casualty and location
Step 3: Do not move walking wounded into treatment area
Step 4: Start triage: who cannot breathe or is bleeding heavily
Step 5: Follow arriving responders' sector assignments

Do Not

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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT spend ten minutes on one person while others bleed out.

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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT enter unstable structure to rescue.

How to Call for Help

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. Use words "mass casualty incident" and exact address.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Update count of critical, trapped, and safe assembly area.

When Professional Care Is Needed

MCI always needs professional incident command and multiple ambulances.

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — All red-tag triage patients need ambulance priority.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Walking wounded still need hospital — internal injury hides.

Know your limits: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Untrained civilians provide first triage and bleeding control only — do not overload one victim while others die.

Call 112

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Call 112

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