Safety of Electro-Medical Equipment in Floods in Austere Environment

被引：0

作者：

Khan, Zubair Ahmed ^{[1
]}

Bhatti, Ahsin M. ^{[1
]}

Akhtar, Faisal ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Combined Mil Hosp, Quetta, Pakistan

[2] Combined Mil Hosp, Lahore, Pakistan

来源：

DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS | 2018年 / 12卷 / 06期

关键词：

electro-medical; equipment; floods; disaster management;

D O I：

10.1017/dmp.2017.145

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Pakistan is prone to floods. In 2010, floods in North-Western Pakistan caused devastation in wide areas. Electro-medical equipment is very expensive and without proper equipment adequate surgery is not possible. We retrospectively analyzed how expensive electro-medical equipment got damaged during floods of 2010 at a district-level hospital in North-Western Pakistan and how we could have saved this equipment or reduced the damage to the minimum. The article provides the lessons learned and recommendations aimed to prevent or minimize damage to the valuable and expensive equipment in the areas prone to floods.

引用

页码：803 / 805

页数：3

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