EMS Chronicles

October After-Action Report
Mandalay Bay Shooting, Las Vegas

This case highlights a multi-agency response to a mass casualty incident. It prompts EMS providers to consider their own services level of preparedness for an MCI and sparks conversation around the difficulties of navigating scene safety, lifesaving interventions, communications, resource allocation, and patient tracking. Further, it challenges EMS providers to consider how they might partner with citizens in the first hours of a disaster.

At the conclusion of this discussion, providers should be able to identify areas of improvement in their own practice and/or service to be better prepared for an MCI. Providers should also be able to identify strategies that would help them manage a disaster in its early phase.