Medical Aspects of Mass Casualties Management—Lessons Learned from the Bam Earthquake

Mass casualties in combat: lessons learned.

Crisis management aspects of bam catastrophic earthquake: review article.

BACKGROUND Bam earthquake was the most catastrophic natural disasters in recent years. The aim of this study was to review different aspects of crisis management during and after the catastrophic earthquake in Bam City, Iran. METHODS Data needed for this systematic review were collected through searching PubMed, EMBASE and SID databases, for the period from 2003 to 2011. Keywords included ear...

The Study of the Performance of Bam Educational Managers in the 2003 Bam Earthquake

Background and objectives: Iran is an earthquake-prone country that has faced numerous crises in recent decades. The main purpose of this study is to consider the performance of educational managers to confront with the 2003 Bam earthquake crisis. This paper is an applied study. Method: This paper is a historical study with a qualitative approach. Various sources, including educational managers...

Revisiting blood transfusion preparedness: experience from the Bam earthquake response.

Blood transfusion plays a critical role in the provision of medical care for disasters due to man-made and natural hazards. Although the short-term increase in blood donations following national disasters is well-documented, some aspects of blood transfusion during disasters remain under study. The 2003 earthquake in Bam, Iran resulted in the death of >29,000 people and injured 23,000. In total...

Saudi medical relief mission to earthquake in Bam, Iran: medical perspectives, experience and lessons learnt

Objective: To discuss the experiences of a medical relief team to an earthquake hit area and provides suggestions for organization of similar missions to disaster sites in future so that more cost-effective relief may be provided. Design: Descriptive study. Setting: City of Bam in southeastern Iran’s Kerman province which was hit by an earthquake of 6.8 Richter on December 26, 2003. This destru...