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10195490

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this report is to describe the emergency medical response to a disaster caused by the collapse of a balcony in Pavilion I on the Lawn of the University of Virginia during graduation. The emergency medical response to rescue of the injured was hindered by five major factors: (1) a metal linked chain blocked access of rescue vehicles, (2) inability to identify an emergency medical command officer, (3) failure to transfer injured patients with stable vital signs and secured to backboards to a triage area away from the scene of the accident, (4) ineffective crowd control, and (5) the failure to delay procession until completion of patient transport from the disaster site. Sixteen people were injured in the accident and one patient died. The cause of the accident was the absence of a redundant architectural support system for the balcony.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0736-4679
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
293-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Balcony collapse at the University of Virginia graduation: what hath Jefferson wrought?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article