Kao HK, et al. - Researchers here examined multifactorial aspects of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) resource management during a surge in massive burn injury (MBI) patients whilst identifying key outcome predictors that resulted in successful disaster management. In patients admitted with severe burns resulting from the explosion, both critical care, surgical parameters and cost-effectiveness were investigated herein. They noted that patients had an average of 14.8 days on mechanical ventilation and 43 days as an inpatient in total. Operative treatment wise, escharotomies were performed on 44.2% of patients and each patient received an average of 2 skin grafting procedures. The initial TBSA was identified to be a significant predictor for burn wound infection. Each patient cost an average of USD 1,035 per TBSA% with an average total cost of USD 50,415.