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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Bomb, gas, or industrial blast caused injury — multiple hidden trauma types.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Ringing ears, cough, bloody sputum after blast.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Multiple victims debris burns amputations.
Scene hazards: Secondary blast, Building collapse
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Scan for further threats before aid.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — 112 — mass casualty explosion location.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — ABC — airway breathing circulation for each nearby victim priority.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cover eviserated organs with moist clean dressing — do not push back.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — 112 triage — number of victims conscious trapped fire.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Mark building hazardous if structural damage.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — All blast exposed need imaging — delayed collapse from blast lung.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Burns fractures TBI concurrent — trauma centre.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT assume OK because no visible blood — internal blast injury common.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT ignore small puncture wounds — emboli risk.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If you can walk after explosion you are fine to go home
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Blast lung and internal bleeding can kill hours later.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Death from untreated delayed blast injury.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Blast overpressure injures lungs and ears without external wound.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Flying debris causes penetrating trauma.