{"id":1105,"date":"2013-04-23T11:05:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T01:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2016-07-14T08:20:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T22:20:41","slug":"medical-response-from-the-boston-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/?p=1105","title":{"rendered":"Medical response from the Boston bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the aftermath of the Boston bombings, the medical response at the nearby hospitals was exemplary. Everyone who was evacuated from the scene, survived.<\/p>\n

This article in the New Yorker outlines the medical response to the Boston bombing.<\/p>\n

It is interesting to compare the differences between the response to Cyclone Tracey to the Boston Bombing<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>\nCyclone Tracey (1974)
\n<\/b><\/td>\n		Boston Bombing (2013)
\n<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Timing<\/b><\/td>\nChristmas day – many people were on leave<\/td>\nNormal day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hospital affected<\/b><\/td>\nMassively \u2013 wards destroyed, key staff dead and disabled<\/td>\nUnaffected<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hospitals<\/b><\/td>\nOne<\/td>\nMany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nearest large hospital<\/b><\/td>\n2000 miles away<\/td>\nClose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communications<\/b><\/td>\nNone \u2013 no radio, phones -nothing<\/td>\nPhones, TV, Twitter\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roads<\/b><\/td>\nBlocked by trees and debris<\/td>\nNot obstructed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power<\/b><\/td>\nNo power or steam. Emergency power and steam were restored quickly<\/td>\nNormal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff<\/b><\/td>\nLots turned up despite families affected<\/td>\nAfternoon shift stayed on<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evacuation<\/b><\/td>\nDarwin evacuated \u2013 huge airlift, including hospital<\/td>\nNot needed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Replacement staff<\/b><\/td>\nA day later by air. Australian Army had field hospital, but this was prevented from going.<\/td>\nNot needed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The main similarities were the adoption of triage<\/b> so that resources can be best used where they will make a difference and the enormous response from staff<\/b> to help and the initiative to fill gaps.<\/p>\n

Some 65 people died from Cyclone Tracey, though at the time there wqere reports of 800 or more. So far less than 6 have died from the Boston bombing, incluidng a policeman and one of the bombers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Compaisons can be made between the medical response to the Boston Bombings and Cyclone Tracey. In both, triage and staff support and initiatives significantly helped, though other differences were enormous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,30],"tags":[230,231],"class_list":{"0":"post-1105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-crisis-management","7":"category-war-stories","8":"tag-boston","9":"tag-boston-bombing","10":"czr-hentry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1329,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}