BACKGROUND Calls for disaster medical assistance teams (DMATs) are likely to continue in response to international disasters. As part of a national survey, this study was designed to evaluate Australian DMAT experience in relation to the human resources issues associated with deployment. METHODS Data was collected via an anonymous mailed survey distributed via State and Territory representati...

BACKGROUND Members of the established public health systems and medical community must understand that, in medical surge events, members of the dental profession and other non-traditional disaster health care personnel are an additional source of assistance in response activities. METHODS The authors relied on hands-on experience, expert consultations, literature reviews and Web searches to i...

: In this paper we document some of the practical aspects implementing medical assistance in dying (MAiD) since it became legal Canada 2016. The percentage annual deaths due to MAiD varies widely, ranging from less than 0.5% areas over 5% others. By end 2019, approximately 13,000 people had an assisted death (1.6% all deaths). average age is 73 years and majority have cancer (64%), followed by ...

Actuality. A tenth of the Russian population lives in remote territory country. The priority task healthcare is to ensure accessibility and need for medical care population, taking into account territorial features, data on possibilities collecting air ambulance should be increased. aim study was explore activity regional organizations providing emergency assistance evacuation with use sanitary...

When a disaster occurs, it is for governments to provide the leadership, civil defense, security, evacuation, and public welfare. The medical aspects of a disaster account for less than 10% of resource and personnel expenditure. Hospitals and health care provider teams respond to unexpected occurrences such as explosions, earthquakes, floods, fires, war, or the outbreak of an infectious epidemi...

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake occurred off the coast of Honshu, Japan. The quake was followed by a powerful tsunami that caused extensive damage to the east coast of the Tohoku and Kanto regions. This disaster destroyed the medical system in place and thus drastically reduced the ability of the healthcare system to handle the large number of casualties. During the initial response to this di...

BACKGROUND United States foreign policy is tied extensively to health initiatives, many related to the use of military assets. Despite substantial resource investment by the US Department of Defense (DoD) in hospital ship humanitarian assistance and disaster response missions, the impact of this investment is unclear. METHODS A systematic literature review of both peer-reviewed and grey liter...