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Panel 2.5: Mass-Casualty Management and Hospital Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Agostino Borra ,
Luis Jorge Perez ,
Tin Min ,
Wilai Puavilai ,
Norimasa Seo  and
Nakhon Tipsunthonsak
Agostino Borra
Affiliation:
World Health Organization (WHO) Representative, Myanmar
Luis Jorge Perez
Affiliation:
Regional Adviser, Emergency Preparedness and Response, World Health Ooganization/Southeast Asia Region
Tin Min
Affiliation:
Director Medical Care, Ministry of Health, Myanmar
Wilai Puavilai
Affiliation:
Chief of Medicine, Tajavithi Hospital; Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Norimasa Seo
Affiliation:
Professor, Jichi Medical School, Japan
Nakhon Tipsunthonsak
Affiliation:
Head of Emergency Department, Khon Kaen Hospital, Thailand
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Abstract

This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Panel 2.5, Mass-Casualty Management and Hospital Care of the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization in Phuket, Thailand, 04–06 May 2005. The topics discussed included issues related to mass-casualty management and hospital care as pertain to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is presented in the following major sections: wing (1) key questions; (2) recommendations; and (3) conclusions. Subsections of the conclusion section include: (1) lessons learned; (2) what was done well?; and (3) what could have been done better?.

Keywords

hospitalsJapanmass-casualty managementpreparednesssurvivorsThailandtrainingtriagetsunami
Type
WHO Special Report: Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 412 - 413
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2005

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