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Virtual reality and live scenario simulation: options for training medical students in mass casualty incident triage

PL Ingrassia, Luca Ragazzoni, Luca Carenzo, FL Barra, Davide Colombo, Gianluca Gugliotta, Françesco Della Corte

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Multicasualty triage is the process of establishing the priority of care among casualties in disaster management. Recent mass casualty incidents (MCI) revealed that health personnel are unfamiliar with the triage protocols. The objective of this study is to compare the relative impact of two simulation-based methods for training medical students in mass casualty triage using the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) algorithm.

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Key concepts: Triage, Mass-casualty incident, Mass Casualty, Medicine, Medical emergency, Disaster medicine, Training (meteorology), Poison control