Clemens Schiestl
Shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a fire broke out in a basement bar in the Swiss Alps. There were 164 people in the bar at the time. Within minutes, 40 people had lost their lives and 116 had suffered burns. Thanks to a unique rescue operation involving emergency services, burn centres and other hospitals, the initial wave of patients was successfully managed. Over the following two days, all patients requiring specialist treatment were transferred to burn centres in France, Belgium, Germany and Italy.
This presentation will outline the exact response sequence in Switzerland, as well as details of the collaboration between the Emergency Response Coordination Centre of the European Union, the European burn centres and the Swiss National Disaster Committee (KATAMED).
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Workshop 3:
Date: 15 May 2026Time: 11:31 - 12:30Clinical Cases discussion - 3
Workshop 8:
Date: 15 May 2026Time: 13:31 - 14:30Clinical Cases discussion - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Switzerland 2026
Date: 15 May 2026Time: 17:00 - 17:30 - 3
Workshop 13:
Date: 16 May 2026Time: 11:01 - 12:00Clinical cases discussion - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Plenary session 5: National and European Response to Burn Mass Casualty Incidents – panel discussion
Date: 16 May 2026Time: 14:00 - 14:29Moderators: Jill Meirte, Robert Zajicek Panelists: Sorin Parasca, Gordana Georgieva, Clemens Schiestl, Calin Alexandru, Thomas Leclerc, Dan Mircea Enescu Burn mass casualty incidents represent a...