The injuries caused in events such as the Oklahoma City bombing; the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001; and, more recently, the Virginia Tech campus shooting have drawn attention to the need for a system to handle large numbers of casualties at a time. Many emergency response organizations have chosen systems to assist in providing adequate emergency medical care in a mass-casualty event. As these organizations consider which system to use, questions arise, such as "How does the system work?" and "What are the advantages and disadvantages of each system?"
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