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Consider the following scenario. A serious accident has just happened at Air Base 101. A jumbo jet has left the runway during takeoff. Some of the passengers are still trapped in the smashed cabin and casualties lie all around among the scattered wreckage. The wing tanks explode and the fire spreads rapidly. The control tower gives the alert and the first rescue services arrive rapidly on the spot. In view of the gravity of the disaster the ‘Red Plan’ is activated under the responsibility of the Base Commandant. The Air Base rescue teams are mobilized and medical reinforcements are simultaneously requested from the Emergency Medical Aid Service (SAMU) and the fire and Rescue Service of the local Département. The SAMU helicopter carries out reconnaissance flights over the accident site, and the Air Base rescue workers, despite the threat of explosion, explore the extinguished cabin of the aircraft and proceed to initial triage of the victims.
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Nicoulet, B., Costagliola, M., Virenque, C. (1995). Disaster Medicine Exercise. In: Masellis, M., Gunn, S.W.A. (eds) The Management of Burns and Fire Disasters: Perspectives 2000. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0361-6_18
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