Rural Medicine: La Loche Shooting
Vanessa Cardy, MD and Brady Bouchard, MD
- Bouchard, a family physician in Saskatchewan, Canada, describes his experience managing one of the worst mass shootings in the province’s history.
- The management of mass casualty incidents can be more complicated in rural areas due to limited resources and long transport times.
- It is important to initiate transfer processes early on in management.
- ATLS recommendations don’t reflect the reality in some resource limited settings.
- Staff cope with traumatic events differently and PTSD may occur.
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EM:RAP 2013 May: Aurora Colorado
EM:RAP 2016 December: Mass Casualty Incidents: A Practical Approach from a Military Perspective
