Changes in NHS Major Incident management and their relevance to the Defence Medical Services

High-profile Major Incidents in the UK civilian setting in the last few years have appropriately raised awareness of the principles and frameworks involved in the design of reliable response systems. The introduction of the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles in tandem with increase...

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Published inBMJ military health Vol. 166; no. 2; pp. 84 - 88
Main Authors Gurney, Ian, Horne, S, Wright, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.04.2020
Subjects
Casualties
Collaboration
Disaster Planning - organization & administration
Emergency Medical Services - organization & administration
Emergency preparedness
Emergency services
Health services
Hospitals
Humans
Interoperability
Mass Casualty Incidents
Military Medicine - organization & administration
Planning
State Medicine
Terrorism
Trusts
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
United Kingdom > UK
Wales
jesip
emergency preparedness
major incident
military medicine
deployment
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Summary:High-profile Major Incidents in the UK civilian setting in the last few years have appropriately raised awareness of the principles and frameworks involved in the design of reliable response systems. The introduction of the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles in tandem with increased investment in Major Incident Planning has supported practitioners to successfully respond to high numbers of incidents.Defence Medical Services personnel are increasingly being asked to deploy to resource-limited 'contingency' settings where much of the established guidance relating to Major Incident response requires reconsideration and modification in the face of severely constrained space, manpower and equipment.This editorial seeks to review contemporary theories and principles of Major Incident response and discuss how military medical personnel may need to adapt these to address the various Major Incident challenges that they may face on operations.
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ISSN:2633-3767
2633-3775
DOI:10.1136/jramc-2018-000988