Beyond surge: Coping with mass burn casualty in the closest hospital to the Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion.

Purpose: To provide an insight into the challenges faced by the closest hospital to the Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion (FFCDE) disaster scene, and to examine how the hospital staff adapted to cope with the mass burn casualty (MBC) in their overcrowded emergency department (ED) after the disaster.

Material And Methods: The critical incident technique was used for the investigation. Data was gathered through in-depth individual interviews with 15 key participants in this event.