Mass Casualty Management 2023
WHOA
Early-release course
You are accessing an early-release version of the Mass Casualty Management course, produced by the WHO Academy. We encourage you to provide feedback on your learning experience. We will use your feedback to adapt and improve the course and the WHO Academy online platform.
About this course
Mass casualty incidents are disasters and major incidents that can rapidly overwhelm the ability of local medical resources to deliver comprehensive medical care. Health facilities and emergency medical teams often represent the frontline of the health system during such events and are key to effective emergency response.
Effective mass casualty management can minimize disruption of essential health services and save lives. This course uses game-based learning to help clinical and non-clinical health professionals learn the complete cycle of preparedness, response, and recovery.
This course has been co-developed with multiple international partners to incorporate current best practices and field experiences.
Who is this course for?
- Heads of health facilities and emergency departments
- Hospital managers and other key decision makers
- Health and non-health staff working in emergency units
- Emergency medical teams (EMTs)
What will you learn?
Both individual and team-based behaviours related to mass casualty management, including how to:
- prepare for, respond to and recover from mass casualty incidents based on the emergency unit’s mass casualty management plan
- assign staff roles during a mass casualty incident
- manage internal and external communication
- manage patient flow
- mobilise the required equipment, supplies and logistics
- control the crowds and manage conflict
- analyse processes and performance and improve the mass casualty management plan.
Assessment and award
You will receive a WHO Academy Award of Completion for each module if you complete the self-reflective questions. These awards are saved in your ‘My Achievements’ space and can be downloaded and shared.
Learning experience
This course uses gamification to make your learning experience engaging and memorable. You will navigate interactive activities and video content throughout.
There are seven self-paced, online modules. You can complete these in any order, but we recommend following the sequence.