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Disaster simulation exercises reveal significant strain on hospital resources during mass casualty events. Planning must address prolonged high demand across medical, nursing, and allied health professions to ensure adequate capacity.

Keywords:

Burns Disaster planning Mass casualty Multidisciplinary Simulation Workload response

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Disaster Medicine
Healthcare Management
Emergency Preparedness

Background:

Disaster simulation exercises are crucial for evaluating healthcare system readiness.
Effective disaster response planning requires a multidisciplinary approach over extended periods.
Assessing healthcare capacity during mass casualty incidents is vital for preparedness.

Purpose of the Study:

To simulate an eight-burn casualty scenario over 10 weeks to test healthcare service capabilities.
To predict resource requirements including theatre, allied health, and nursing hours.
To compare predicted demands with business-as-usual service provision data.

Main Methods:

A 10-week simulation of an eight-burn casualty event.
Prediction of theatre, allied health, and nursing hour requirements.
Collection of prospective business-as-usual service data (theatre utilization, workload, bed census, nursing hours).

Main Results:

Significant initial spike in theatre requirements, with ongoing deficiencies noted.
Allied health staff operated at capacity, with major workload spikes during the simulation.
Total workload demands exceeded staff capacity for most allied health professions; bed and nursing hour capacity were frequently exceeded.

Conclusions:

The simulation demonstrated immediate and prolonged increases in workload demands across all professions.
High baseline demand significantly impacts staff capacity to manage mass casualty surges.
Findings provide evidence for resource reallocation and informed a review of mass casualty activation triggers.