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Mass-casualty incident — A mass casualty incident (often shortened to MCI and sometimes called a multiple casualty incident or multiple casualty situation) is any incident in which emergency medical services resources, such as personnel and equipment, are overwhelmed by… … Wikipedia
Mass casualty events — A mass casualty event is defined as a situation that stresses the first responders (such as firefighters and emergency medical technicians) as well the healthcare system in general. There are many different kinds of MCEs. The Centers for Disease… … Wikipedia
Mass psychogenic illness — (MPI), also called mass sociogenic illness,[1] is “the rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group, originating from a nervous system disturbance involving excitation, loss or alteration of function, whereby… … Wikipedia
Mass fatality incident — (abbreviated MFI) is an emergency management term used to identify an incident involving more dead bodies and/or body parts than can be located, identified, and processed for final disposition by available response resources. Although it is a… … Wikipedia
Mass grave — Workers from the town of Nordhausen bury corpses of prisoners found at Mittelbau Dora concentration camp in mass graves. Rare colour photograph taken in 1945. Photo credit: USHMM A mass grave is a grave containing multiple number of human corpses … Wikipedia
Casualty estimation — is the process of estimating the number of injuries or deaths in a battle or natural disaster that has already occurred. (Casualty prediction is the process of estimating the number of injuries or deaths that might occur in a planned or potential … Wikipedia
Mass graves in the Soviet Union — This page discusses mass graves in the Soviet Union. Contents 1 Soviet repression and terror 2 Operation Barbarossa and the mobile killing squads 3 See also 4 Re … Wikipedia
casualty insurance — Literally, this term is inclusive of insurance of all kinds except life insurance. In the insurance business, however, it has been a trade term applied with considerable variation as between insurance companies, often as a catch all for new types … Ballentine's law dictionary
unavoidable casualty — An occurrence of an unusual, unexpected, or extraordinary character, usually occurring without any direct participation by man. French v Pirnie, 240 Mass 489, 134 NE 353, 20 ALR 1098. Something beyond human foresight and control. 32 Am J1st L & T … Ballentine's law dictionary
MASCAL — mass casualty … Military dictionary
