Burns
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 741-750 , September 2010

Mass casualty incidents with multiple burn victims: Rationale for a Swiss burn plan

  • Mathieu Potin

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Service, State of Vaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Emergency Service, University Hospital Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Service de la santé publique, Rue Cité Devant 11, 1014 Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 21 316 44 61; fax: +41 21 316 44 55.
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  • Christophe Sénéchaud

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Service, Regional Hospital, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Hervé Carsin

      Affiliations

    • Burn Treatment Center, Percy Military Instruction Hospital, Clamart, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Philippe Fauville

      Affiliations

    • Burn Treatment Center, IMTR Hospital, Loverval, Belgium
    • ,
  • Jean-Luc Fortin

      Affiliations

    • Samu 25, Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besançon, France
    • ,
  • Walter Kuenzi

      Affiliations

    • Adult Burn Center, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Gianpiero Lupi

      Affiliations

    • Coordinated Medical Services, Former Surgeon General, Swiss Armed Forces, Ittigen, Switzerland
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  • Wassim Raffoul

      Affiliations

    • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service and Burn Center, University Hospital Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Clemens Schiestl

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Burn Center, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Mathias Zuercher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Bertrand Yersin

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Service, University Hospital Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Mette M. Berger

      Affiliations

    • Adult Intensive Care Service and Burn Center, University Hospital Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

,Accepted 5 December 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00585-3

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.12.003

Burns
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 741-750 , September 2010

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