Medical Rescue of China International Search & Rescue Team (CISAR) in Nepal Earthquake

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 536-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiong Yang ◽  
Zhen Yang ◽  
Qi Lv ◽  
Hai-feng Liu ◽  
Hui Ding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Police Force ◽  
Medical Team ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Rescue Mission ◽  
Rescue Work ◽  
Nepal Earthquake ◽  
Rescue Team

AbstractOn April 25, 2015, a massive 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal at 2:11 pm (Beijing time). The 68-member-strong China International Search & Rescue Team (CISAR) left for Nepal at 6 am, April 26, to help with relief work. The CISAR was the first foreign team to rescue a survivor who was trapped beneath the rubble in the Gongabu area after the earthquake. On May 8, the team fulfilled the search-and-rescue mission and returned to Beijing. During the 2 weeks of rescue work, the team treated more than 3700 victims and cleared approximately 430 buildings. In this rescue mission, 10 experienced medical officers (including nine doctors and a nurse) from the General Hospital of Chinese People’s Armed Police Force (PAP) comprised the medical team of CISAR. In this report, we focus on the medical rescues by CISAR and discuss the characteristics of the medical rescue in Nepal. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:536–538)

Notes from Nepal: Is There a Better Way to Provide Search and Rescue?

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 650-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kobi Peleg
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Students

AbstractThis article discusses a possibility for overcoming the limited efficiency of international search and rescue teams in saving lives after earthquakes, which was emphasized by the recent disaster in Nepal and in other earthquakes all over the world. Because most lives are actually saved by the locals themselves long before the international teams arrive on scene, many more lives could be saved by teaching the basics of light rescue to local students and citizens in threatened countries. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2015;9:650–652)

Multi-robot search and rescue team

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cai Luo ◽  
Andre Possani Espinosa ◽  
Danu Pranantha ◽  
Alessandro De Gloria
Keyword(s):  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Rescue Team ◽  
Multi Robot

Postexposure Interventions to Prevent Infection With HBV, HCV, or HIV, and Tetanus in People Wounded During Bombings and Other Mass Casualty Events—United States, 2008: Recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 150-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louisa E. Chapman ◽  
Ernest E. Sullivent ◽  
Lisa A. Grohskopf ◽  
Elise M. Beltrami ◽  
Joseph F. Perz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Mass Casualty ◽  
Acute Injury ◽  
Mass Casualties ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Mass Casualty Event ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
Centers For Disease Control

ABSTRACTPeople wounded during bombings or other events resulting in mass casualties or in conjunction with the resulting emergency response may be exposed to blood, body fluids, or tissue from other injured people and thus be at risk for bloodborne infections such as hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, or tetanus. This report adapts existing general recommendations on the use of immunization and postexposure prophylaxis for tetanus and for occupational and nonoccupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens to the specific situation of a mass casualty event. Decisions regarding the implementation of prophylaxis are complex, and drawing parallels from existing guidelines is difficult. For any prophylactic intervention to be implemented effectively, guidance must be simple, straightforward, and logistically undemanding. Critical review during development of this guidance was provided by representatives of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and representatives of the acute injury care, trauma, and emergency response medical communities participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Terrorism Injuries: Information, Dissemination and Exchange project. The recommendations contained in this report represent the consensus of US federal public health officials and reflect the experience and input of public health officials at all levels of government and the acute injury response community. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2008;2:150–165)

Preparedness 3.0: Addressing the Future

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 728-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georges C. Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Common Occurrence ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
State Sponsorship ◽  
The Future

ABSTRACTThe last 14 years has taught us that that we are facing a new reality; a reality in which public health emergencies are a common occurrence. Today, we live in a world with dangerous people without state sponsorship who are an enormous threat to our safety; one where emerging and reemerging infectious diseases are waiting to break out; a world where the benefits of globalization in trade, transportation, and social media brings threats to our communities faster and with a greater risk than ever before. Even climate change has entered into the preparedness equation, bringing with it the forces of nature in the form of extreme weather and its complications. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2015;9:728–729)

The Danger of Declining Funds: Public Health Preparedness in NYC

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Marquez ◽  
Prachee Patel ◽  
Marisa Raphael ◽  
Beth Maldin Morgenthau
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Preparedness

Twenty Years After 9/11: The Public Health Preparedness We Need Now

2021 ◽  
pp. e1-e3
Author(s):  
Michael R. Fraser ◽  
Raphael M. Barishansky ◽  
James S. Blumenstock
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Fear of Bioterrorism and Implications for Public Health Preparedness

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Dworkin ◽  
Xinfang Ma ◽  
Roman G. Golash
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Preparedness
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