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(P2-58) A Multicasualty Event of Multiple Burn Victims Caused by Spout of Heated Hydrochloric Acid in a Chemical Plant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2011

N. Fuke
Affiliation:
Emergency and Intensive Care Center, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
M. Sato
Affiliation:
Goi Branch, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
H. Shiga
Affiliation:
Emergency and Intensive Care Center, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
M. Yamashita
Affiliation:
Emergency and Intensive Care Center, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
T. Yokoi
Affiliation:
Emergency and Intensive Care Center, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
Y. Kobayashi
Affiliation:
Emergency and Intensive Care Center, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
A. Kobayashi
Affiliation:
Emergency and Intensive Care Center, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
R. Ikita
Affiliation:
Emergency and Intensive Care Center, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
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Abstract

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Background

A sudden break-down of a heat-exchanger in vinyl chloride plant resulted in that 141 °C, 23% concentration of hydrochloric acid spouted out over the workers around it. Eight workers suffered and Ichihara City Fire Department was deployed in response to the call 3 minutes after the onset of the incident, 17 vehicles including 5 fire engines, 6 ambulances, and two helicopters. Finally three severely (> 80% of TBSA) burned, two moderately (20–80%) burned, and three slightly (< 20%) burned victims were identified and triaged. One severely burned was transferred at first to the closest tertiary care hospital (TUCMC) which existed within 2.5 km distance by an ambulance and other two and one moderately burned were transferred by helicopters to the neighboring tertiary care hospitals. Another moderately burned one was sent to TUCMC by an ambulance about 30 minutes later than the first one. Three slightly burned victims were sent to a local hospital and treated as an outpatient. This casualty mission was ended by 120 minutes after the call. Two among the three severely burned patients lost their lives but another severe one and two moderately burned were survived. Conclusions: With these considerations, the management of this multiple burn casualty was successful, partly because of small number of the victims and of that the incident occurred in a weekday morning.

Type
Poster Abstracts 17th World Congress for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2011