Interprofessional Mass Casualty Incident Simulation Design Protocol to Prepare Prelicensure Nursing Students to Respond to a Disaster

Nurse Educ. 2017 Sep/Oct;42(5):E1-E4. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000365.

Abstract

Nurses need to be prepared to respond to mass casualty incidents. Simulation is an ideal teaching intervention that can be used to prepare nursing students to effectively triage patients and allocate limited resources. This article describes a detailed interprofessional mass casualty simulation of a bus crash with 32 victims. Nursing students trained with emergency responders with students acting as charge nurses throughout the simulation. The details of the simulation are provided for faculty to replicate.

MeSH terms

  • Disaster Planning*
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / methods*
  • Emergency Responders / psychology
  • Health Care Rationing
  • Humans
  • Interprofessional Relations*
  • Mass Casualty Incidents*
  • Nursing Education Research
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Simulation Training*
  • Students, Nursing / psychology*
  • Triage