a disaster plan was devised based on the canons of north-american trauma care; some adaptations to the local environment were incorporated.
relevant medical and surgical specialties were mobilized to the ED awaiting a massive influx of patients.
ED waiting room served as the triage area. operating rooms,ICU and blood bank were alerted. seventy patients presented to the ED. most victims(88%) were brought directly without prehospital triage or resuscitation. Four were pronounced dead on arrival. the mean age of victims was 27 (+-14) years with a male preponderance(78%). penetrating sharpnel injury was the most common mechanism of injury (71%). most had a systolic blood pressure>90 with a mean of 120.3(+-14.8). mean pulse was 90.2(+-21.6) and most patients had full GCS. extremities were the most common body region involve(64%) with orthopedics service being consulted most frequently.
surgery was performed on 36 patients, including 4 damage control surgeries. all patients survived