Emergency medicine for disaster rescue

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

Medical emergency rescue in disaster: the international emergency response to the Haiyan typhoon in Philippines.

Following Typhoon Haiyan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been supporting the Government of the Philippines in coordinating the incoming relief supplies from more than 30 international humanitarian health organizations. During the 10 days in Abuyong, Philippines, the Chinese medical rescue team consisting of 50 experts specialized in clinical medicine and disease prevention and control ...

The 18th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine.

The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) holds regional and global congresses to advance disaster health and emergency medical education and research. The congresses are a platform for professionals and those interested in disaster and emergency health to network and exchange ideas. Key to each congress is the exchange of experiences among colleagues. The World Congress...

Goal programming-based post-disaster decision making for allocation and scheduling the rescue units in natural disaster with time-window

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes cause enormous harm during each year. To reduce casualties and economic losses in the response phase, rescue units must be allocated and scheduled efficiently, such that it is a key issues in emergency response. In this paper, a multi-objective mix integer nonlinear programming model (MOMINLP) is proposed to minimize sum of weight...