Disaster in an unexpected, chaotic, horrendous catastrophes and it may be either natural or human origin. Now a days, disasters are occuring at an increasing rate due to population growth and technological advancement. Medical disaster in an
incident
which produces such a number of casualities that makes the routine methods for patient care are inadequate. The public no longer accept these consequences as "act of God" and they demand that disaster risks to be minimized and that any impact to
be
management in an orderly fashion. So emergency medical personnel must strive to achieve themselves to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of potential survivors at the disaster scene.
On 28 March 1993, a train carrying 600 passengers rolled over due to railroad collapse. about 170 passengers dies (25 before extrication) and 22 severe wounded survived. Problems in the organization at the scene, triage, and the communication
contributed to the confusion in the management of victims. An analysis of this accident allows several lessons to be learn which might prevent or reduce the fatalities from future disaster.
Although Korean community has relied on a model of disaster response deprived from the experience of military and civil defense planners for years. A better approach to organizing medical personnel for the incident with multiple casualities,
which
is
based on the medical response of the emergency medical services organization, will be needed in the near future.
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