TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - The contribution of on-call, volunteer first responders to mass-casualty terrorist attacks in Israel
JO  - American journal of disaster medicine
A1  - Alpert, Evan Avraham
A1  - Lipsky, Ari M.
A1  - Elie, Navid Daniel
A1  - Jaffe, Eli
SP  - 35
EP  - 39
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To describe the contributions of on-call, volunteer first responders to mass-casualty terrorist attacks in Israel during the Second Intifada. <br><br>DESIGN: Descriptive study evaluating data obtained from postevent debriefings after 15 terrorist attacks in Israel between 2001 and 2004. <br><br>RESULTS: An average of 7.9 deaths (median 7.0, interquartile range [IQR] 2.5-12.5) and 53.8 injuries (median 50.0, IQR 34.0-62.0) occurred in each of these attacks. The average number of volunteers responding to each event was 50.3 (median 43.0, IQR 27.5-55.5). The volunteers were involved in extricating victims from imminent danger, and performing emergent tasks such as bag-valve ventilation, tourniquet application, and intravenous line insertion. They were also integral to the rapid evacuation of casualties from the scene. <br><br>CONCLUSION: On-call, volunteer first responders are an integral part of Israel's emergency medical response to mass-casualty terrorist attacks. This system may be used as a model for the development of similar services worldwide.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1932-149X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2015.0186
ID  - ref1
ER  -