Mascal

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For the training scenario see Pentagon MASCAL

Mascal is an acronym used by the United States military for "mass-casualty situations." It is used to describe a situation in which the number of casualties exceeds the hospital's capabilities to provide medical care.

John P. Pryor, in an op-ed piece in the Sunday, August 5, 2007, Washington Post, cited the similarities between mascals in combat situations and those in emergency rooms in U.S. urban hospitals. ^[1] Pryor, who served in a combat hospital in Iraq in 2006, directs the trauma program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) in West Philadelphia.

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