St. Justine's Hospital
Observation study measuring medical response in contaminated environment.
This is an ongoing multicentric observational study that aims to assess the medical response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive (cbrne) events during the last five (5) decades (i.e.: 1970-2020), and in any future cbrne attack that might occur within the next 15 years (i.e.: 2021-2036). Of note, the data collection will be performed retrospectively and after sites review ethic board (REB) approval.
Inclusion Criteria: i. a CBRNE attack caused at least one casualty who required the assistance of the participating health care system (e.g.: physicians, nurses, paramedics and other health-care specialists of a medical facility) during a medical extraction from the incident site until admission to a medical facility; ii. Patients are eligible if they were exposed to the CBRNE attack; iii. Medical information concerning the CBRNE exposures, even if partial, is accessible to health care professionals for the purposes of filling out the online case report form (eCRF); iv. Participants must b…
Any clinical intervention performed on the patient inflicted by at least one of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive (CBRNE) weapons in acute settings (from the incident site up to his/her admission to the clean zone of a emergency room or its equivalent (ie.: walking clinic).
As interrelated competence of the clinical intervention, any protection procedure and capability applied on the patient inflicted by at least one of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive (CBRNE) weapons in acute settings (from the incident site up to his/her admission to the clean zone of a emergency room or its equivalent (ie.: walking clinic). Concerning the clinician, the protection implied for his/her own safety and for the patient to whom she/he was in closed/contact with.
As interrelated competence of the clinical intervention and protection, any decontamination procedure and capability applied on the patient inflicted by at least one of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive (CBRNE) weapons in acute settings (from the incident site up to his/her admission to the clean zone of a emergency room or its equivalent (ie.: walking clinic). Concerning the clinician, the protection implied for his/her own safety and for the patient to whom she/he was in closed/contact with. This crucial step is usually expected prior the patient's transfer into a clean zone like the emergency room or its equivalent.