Chapter 11 – Auxiliary Medical Services in a Field Hospital
Abstract Field hospitals are a vital element in providing as many medical services as possible to a stricken population in times of disaster. Setting up a field hospital with advanced…
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Chapter 14 – Medical Aspects in a Field Hospital
Abstract The medical contingent of the field hospital has different roles to play as the deployment continues, due to the changing case load and breakdown of patients and disease. If…
Chapter 13 – Advanced Triage Management for Emergency Medical Teams
Abstract This chapter focuses on triage management in both national and international mass casualty incidents. They be a sudden-onset natural disaster, a public health emergency of international concern, or a…
Chapter 10 – Field Hospital Logistics
Abstract According to the World Heath Organization’s (WHO) EMT initiative, teams must meet an agreed set of standards, both clinically and logistically. EMTs must be self-sustainable and not create a…
Chapter 4 – Needs Assessment
Abstract In the aftermath of natural disasters and in the urgency of the deteriorating situation in a “complex emergency”, aid is often provided in a haphazard manner. Organizing appropriate medical…
Chapter 1 – History of Military Field Hospitals
Abstract The idea of the field hospital was conceived independently in several armies, during different times, as a response to the medical needs of troops serving in remote areas. At…
Chapter 2 – Caring for Weapon Wounded
Abstract The ICRC was founded in 1863 and, in 1864, the first Geneva convention was created. It states that wounded and sick in armed conflict should receive assistance. They and…
Chapter 3 – Definitions, Needs, Scenarios, Functional Concept, and Modes of Deployment
Abstract Past experiences from uncoordinated and inefficient medical responses to disasters have prompted the WHO to formulate a system that includes minimum standards to which responding medical teams must adhere….
Chapter 6 – Training and Accreditation
Abstract The chapter describes the training needs of international EMTs and how these might best be met and the training delivered. This is a three-step approach of first completing in…
Chapter 5 – Predeployment Operational Planning and Preparations
Abstract This chapter deals with the modalities of the actions to be taken prior to the deployment of a field hospital to a foreign country in a disaster. It specifically…
