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Ce Soir-Là, Ils n'Arrivent Plus Un par Un, Mais par Vagues: Coping with the Surge of Trauma Patients at L'Hôpital Universitaire La Pitié Salpêtrière—Friday, November 13, 2015

By: Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Emilie Billaud and Arnold M. Howitt
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Abstract

On November 13, 2015, Dr. Marie Borel, Dr. Emmanuelle Dolla, Dr. Frédéric Le Saché, and Professor Mathieu Raux were the doctors in charge of the trauma center at L’Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière in Paris, where dozens of wounded and dying patients, most with severe gunshot wounds from military grade firearms, arrived in waves after a series of terrorist attacks across the city. The doctors had trained for a mass-casualty event but had never envisioned the magnitude of what they now saw. This case describes how they rapidly expanded the critical care capacity available so as to be able to handle the unexpectedly large number of patients arriving at their doors.

Keywords

Health Care and Treatment; Crisis Management; Performance Capacity; Decision Making; Leadership; Health Industry; Europe; France; Paris

Citation

Leonard, Herman B. "Dutch", Emilie Billaud, and Arnold M. Howitt. "Ce Soir-Là, Ils n'Arrivent Plus Un par Un, Mais par Vagues: Coping with the Surge of Trauma Patients at L'Hôpital Universitaire La Pitié Salpêtrière—Friday, November 13, 2015." Harvard Business School Case 319-032, July 2018.
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