Issues of Medical Triage of the Wounded in Acts of Terrorism
- Authors: Titov I.G.1, Goncharov S.F.1,2, Bobiy B.V.1,2, Akin'shin A.V.1
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Affiliations:
- State Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency
- Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
- Issue: No 3 (2022)
- Pages: 5-11
- Section: Safety in Emergency Environment
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2070-1004/article/view/360246
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.33266/2070-1004-2022-3-5-11
- ID: 360246
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Abstract
Summary. The aim of the study is to develop proposals to improve methodological approaches to the organization and performance of medical triage of the injured in terrorists attack committed with conventional means of destruction.
Materials and research methods. Normative and methodical documents regulating the order of organizing and carrying out medical triage of the wounded in emergencies, including acts of terrorism; data of expert examination maps; scientific works and publications devoted to the issues of medical triage of the wounded in extreme situations.
The following scientific methods were used while performing the research: content-analysis and expert assessment methods, statistical method, method of logical and informational modeling, analytical method.
Results of the study and their analysis. The results of the study, characterizing the state of problematic issues of medical triage of the victims of acts of terrorism, are presented.
The substantiated proposals on improvement of methodical approaches to the order of organization and performance of medical triage and allocation of sorting groups of the defeated in the terrorist act zone have been made.
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About the authors
I. G. Titov
State Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency
Email: i.titov@vcmk.ru
Moscow
S. F. Goncharov
State Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency; Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Email: i.titov@vcmk.ru
Moscow
B. V. Bobiy
State Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency; Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Email: i.titov@vcmk.ru
Moscow
A. V. Akin'shin
State Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency
Email: i.titov@vcmk.ru
Moscow
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