A Coordinated Emergency Response
A Color Dust Explosion at a 2015 Concert in Taiwan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11037273 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chih-Ching Yang (All of the authors are with the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan.), Chih‐Ching Yang (0000-0002-4396-9722, Ministry of Health and Welfare), Chung-Liang Shih (All of the authors are with the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan.), Chung‐Liang Shih (Ministry of Health and Welfare) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1582-1585 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2016.303261 |
| PMID | 27459446 |
| OpenAlex | W2485142653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In June 2015, nearly 500 concert attendees suffered injuries from smoke inhalation and severe burns following a color-dust explosion at a waterpark in Taiwan. We report on the progressions of the incident and government responses, share cross-departmental mobilization and case management lessons, and reflect on clinical and complex policy issues emerged. The timely and coordinated emergency responses, a high-quality universal health care system, and dedicated clinicians voluntarily working overtime resulted in an unprecedented 2.4% mortality rate (international statistics predicted 26.8%)
Emergency management · Environmental health · Government (linguistics) · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Overtime · Poison control · Political science · Suicide prevention · Disaster Response and Management · Law · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |