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Road traffic accidents have considerably decreased despite the increase in the traffic. Nonetheless, we still have some difficult situations generated by a big number of victims that surpasses the usual capacities and/or when scene accessibility or the extrication of victims are compromised.
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Serrano, D., Bourdé, A. (2022). Traffic Accidents Involving Many Victims. In: Julien, H.F. (eds) Disaster Medicine Pocket Guide: 50 Essential Questions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00654-8_26
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