Emergency Medical Team Deployment Modalities: A Delphi Study

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic presented obstacles to Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) deployment, including concern of exposure and travel restriction in many areas the world. Recognizing these challenges, EMTs sought alternatives physical such as virtual deployment. However, concerns have been raised regarding access internet aid recipient countries, well patient privacy data leakage general due insecure connections intentional hacking. There is limited literature, no internationally agreed set criteria, on evaluation deployment countries’ ministries health’s opinion deployments. In order compare alternative modalities, a criteria evaluate an EMT must be established. Method: research will identify that can used deployment; possible modalities traditional explore perceptions acceptability ability meet goals international humanitarian assistance. A stakeholder analysis conducted key informants relevant stakeholders, Delphi Approach utilized seek experts’ opinions reach consensus. Results: This help establish for evaluating deployments, advantages, disadvantages, each modality, with hopes guiding plan their future provide should there further restrictions future. Conclusion: At this moment, at planning stage ethical approval has not yet sought. Should abstract accepted, obtained, collection just started May. presentation include summary methods, any preliminary results.