Alba Ripoll-Gallardo, Annapaola D'Ambrosio, Paola Manzoni, Vincenzo Grifone, Catia Pedrazzi, Giovanni De Luca, Davide Arghetti, Armando Stellini, Alessandro Zambelan, Ilaria Ruggiero, Riccardo Cusmà-Piccione, Gianluca Bacullo, Franco Lorito, Paolo Perbellini, Matteo Giacovelli, Massimo De Donno, Simone Pelà, Giacomo Colzani, Elena Brioschi, Gianliuca Chiodini, Giuseppe Sechi, Alberto Zoli, Roberto Fumagalli, Riccardo Stucchi
On July 7, 2023, at 1:21 am, a fire was declared in a retirement home in Milan, Italy. The number of casualties (n = 87) according to the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) triage system was categorized as 65 green, 14 yellow, 2 red, and 6 black; 75% were women, and the mean age was 85.1 years (± 9). Most patients were unable to walk. A total of 30 basic life support (BLS) ambulances, 3 advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) teams on fast cars, 2 buses, and 1 coordination team were deployed. A scoop and run approach was adopted with patients being transported to 15 health care facilities...
December 14, 2023: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness