Disaster medicine: current status and future directions of emergency medical team for overseas disaster crisis

Disaster and Emergency Medicine – A Conceptual Introduction

Disasters and Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) occur out of the blue, most times without warning, and in a wide scope of locations. Each disaster is different from the rest, both in the past and in the future. This creates a situation where the experience accumulated in one place is relatively small and localized in the long-haul, and it is therefore our duty to learn and share information, knowle...

Disaster Management and Emergency Medicine in Malaysia

Needs assessment for standardized educational program for Iranian Medical Students in crisis and disaster management

Introduction: Early education and training are mandatory toraise the knowledge and awareness of the healthcare staff. Iranis a disaster prone area with a high number of emergencies.This study aimed to assess the need for disaster and emergencymanagement education for Iranian medical students.Methods: Using two-round Delphi technique in 2017, 15 expertswithin the field of disaster and emergency ...

Disaster medicine: status, roles, responsibilities, and needs.

Twas a dangerous cliff, they freely confessed, Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant, But, over its terrible edge there had slipped A duke and full many a peasant; So the people said something would have to be done, But their projects did not at all tally. Some said: "Put a fence round the edge of the cliff." Others said: An ambulance down in the valley." Joseph Malines Prevention and C...

Disaster diplomacy: current controversies and future prospects.

1. Disaster Medicine Section, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA 2. Division of Disaster Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts USA 3. Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts USA 4. The Operational Medicine Institute, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, Boston, Massachusetts USA 5. Kennedy S...