Dispatch we just arrived on scene, Highway 325.

We see a bus versus a gravel truck. There's a head-on collision and a five vehicle pile-up. There appear to be multiple casualties, eight critical at least. We need to backup highway control. We need firefighters, the extrication equipment, and at least eight crews on an emergency run. Our ETA is going to be at least 20 minutes. If you want to update the hospital, they're going to need to be prepared for multiple trauma incoming. Welcome to the Emergency Medicine Cases podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Anton

Helman, bringing you Canada's brightest minds in emergency medicine from EMC Studios in Toronto.

Do you think you'd know what to do in this scenario at your single coverage ED? I'm not sure I would. That's why the EM

cases team decided to cover the topic of disaster medicine. Because none of us felt we had a good

handle on how we'd manage a situation like this. And we really should. You see, disaster

medicine is really the universal subspecialty.

Why?

Well, because all physicians could be called upon to help their communities in times of crisis.

As ED docs, we're particularly well suited to take a lead in disaster response.

I'd even go as far as to say, we should own this. So to help us bridge the

gap between the clinical medicine we know so well and the systems level processes in disaster

medicine, it's my pleasure and honor to have on the show three new guest experts. First, we've got Dr. Daniel Kallick from Hamilton,

who's the chair of the Disaster Committee

of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians.

Welcome, Daniel.

Thank you.

Dr. Lori Mazurik, who's the head of disaster response

from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center in Toronto.

Welcome, Lori.

Thank you.

And Dr. Josh Bazanson, fellow Canadian podcaster, the creator and hosts of the Epic

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