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Incidents involving ballistic trauma are likely to produce more than one casualty. Some incidents (e.g., bombings) may generate large numbers of casualties creating Major Incidents or even Mass Casualties. Once the number of casualties outstrips the medical resources available, a system is required to ensure optimal medical care whilst making the best use of those resources.

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  1. Academic Department Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Rob Russell

  2. Emergency and Critical Care, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough, UK

    Rob Russell

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  1. Dept. Surgery, Div. Traumatology &, University of Pennsylvania Medical Ctr., Spruce St. 3400, Philadelphia, 19104, Pennsylvania, USA

    Adam J. Brooks

  2. , Academic Department of Military Surgery, Frimley Park Foundation Trust, Surrey, GU16 7UJ, United Kingdom

    Jon Clasper

  3. Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Institute of Research & Development, Acad. Dept. of Military Surgery & Trauma, Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, United Kingdom

    Mark Midwinter

  4. Birmingham Research Park, Acad. Dept. of Military Emergency Med., Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, United Kingdom

    Timothy J. Hodgetts

  5. Inst. Research & Development, Dept. Military Anaesthesia, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, United Kingdom

    Peter F. Mahoney

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Russell, R. (2011). Triage. In: Brooks, A., Clasper, J., Midwinter, M., Hodgetts, T., Mahoney, P. (eds) Ryan's Ballistic Trauma. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-124-8_15

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