Potential Roles of Military-Specific Response to Natural Disasters-Analysis of the Rapid Deployment of a Mobile Surgical Team to the 2007 Peruvian Earthquake

被引：8
作者：
Malish, M. A. J. Richard [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Oliver, S. F. C. David E. [4 ]
Rush, L. T. C. Robert M., Jr. [1 ,3 ,5 ]
Zarzabal, L. T. C. Esmeraldo [1 ]
Sigmon, C. O. L. Michael J. [1 ]
Burkle, Frederick M., Jr. [6 ]
机构：
[1] Joint Task Force Bravo, Mobile Surg Team, Med Element, Soto Cano Airbase, Honduras
[2] Womack Army Med Ctr, Dept Med, Ft Bragg, NC USA
[3] Uniformed Serv Univ Hlth Sci, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
[4] C Co, Special Forces Grp Airborne 2 7, Ft Bragg, NC USA
[5] Madigan Army Med Ctr, Dept Surg, Tacoma, WA 98431 USA
[6] Harvard Univ, Harvard Humanitarian Initiat, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
来源：
PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE | 2009年 / 24卷 / 01期
关键词：
civil-military coordination; disaster; disaster medicine; earthquakes; mobile surgical teams; natural hazards;
D O I：
10.1017/S1049023X00006464
中图分类号：
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要：
The August 2007 earthquake in Peru resulted in the loss of critical health infrastructure and resource capacity. A regionally located United States Military Mobile Surgical Team was deployed and operational within 48 hours. However, a post-mission analysis confirmed a low yield from the military surgical resource. The experience of the team suggests that non-surgical medical, transportation, and logistical resources filled essential gaps in health assessment, evacuation, and essential primary care in an otherwise resource-poor surge response capability. Due to an absence of outcomes data, the true effect of the mission on population health remains unknown. Militaries should focus their disaster response efforts on employment of logistics, primary medical care, and transportation/evacuation. Future response strategies should be evidence-based and incorporate a means of quantifying outcomes.
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