INTRODUCTION During the last decades, several humanitarian emergencies have occurred, with an increasing number of humanitarian organizations taking part in providing assistance. However, need assessments, medical intelligence, and coordination of the aid often are sparse, resulting in the provision of ineffective and expensive assistance. When an earthquake with the strength of 7.7 on the Rich...

In the last few decades, we have witnessed global disasters that rendered national medical systems helpless. A few examples are the tsunami in southeast Asia, and earthquakes in Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iran, and India. 1–8 A large-scale disaster occurs when a nation cannot cope with the tragedy by itself and needs help from other nations. This is due to a lack of resources in face of the s...

OBJECTIVE Providing comprehensive emergency preparedness training (EPT) to care providers is important to the future success of disaster operations in the US. Few EPT programs possess both competency-driven goals and metrics to measure performance during a multi-patient simulated disaster. METHODS A 1-day (8-hour) EPT course for care providers was developed to enhance provider knowledge, skil...

Summary. The aim of the study is to analyze and substantiate alternative ways solving problematic issues medical evacuation patients casualties in conditions temporary restriction civil aviation flights. Materials research methods. study: practical experience specialists Center sanitary emergency care “Zashchita” Disaster Medicine Federal Medical Biophysical named after A.I.Burnazyan Biological...

BACKGROUND It is likely that calls for disaster medical assistance teams (DMATs) continue in response to international disasters. As part of a national survey, the present study was designed to evaluate the Australian DMAT experience and the need for logistic support. METHODS Data were collected via an anonymous mailed survey distributed via State and Territory representatives on the Australi...