The effectiveness of a formal curriculum in teaching mass casualty management.

Objective: To improve knowledge, skills, and confidence in mass casualty management through design and im-plementation of a formal educational curriculum.

Design: Observational study using a mixed-methods formal educational training curriculum.

Setting: Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system in Pennsylvania.

Prehospital mass-casualty triage training-written versus moulage scenarios: how much do EMS providers retain?

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of written and moulage scenarios using video instruction for mass-casualty triage by evaluating skill retention at six months post intervention.

Methods: Prehospital personnel were instructed in the START method of mass-casualty triage using a video. Moulage and written testing were completed by each participant immediately after instruction and at six months post instruction.