The Role of Emergency Medical Services in Earthquake Response: Integrating the ABC Approach of Israel’s Magen David Adom
| Autor: | Evan Avraham Alpert, Joseph Offenbacher, Yehuda Skornik, Eli Jaffe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Emergency Medical Services
business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Disaster Planning 030208 emergency & critical care medicine medicine.disease Red Cross 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Work (electrical) Earthquakes medicine Emergency medical services Humans Mass Casualty Incidents 030212 general & internal medicine Medical emergency Israel business Loss of life |
| Zdroj: | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 15:770-776 |
| ISSN: | 1938-744X 1935-7893 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/dmp.2020.124 |
| Popis: | Throughout history, earthquakes have caused devastation and loss of life. Emergency medical services (EMS) plays a vital role in the response to any mass-casualty incident or disaster. Magen David Adom, Israel’s premier EMS organization, has a unique strategy known as the ABC approach to earthquake response. It involves thousands of salaried workers and trained volunteers who are prepared to respond to an earthquake based on the extent of the disaster. Depending on the amount of destruction, they will be working locally or available to help in other areas. A Level A earthquake causes local destruction and minimal casualties. Any EMS responders in that area as well as in surrounding areas will be available to help. Furthermore, all responders will need to work automatically and autonomously. A Level B earthquake causes extensive destruction, and all responders in the region will be busy caring for the victims. Anyone available outside of the region will come and help. A Level C earthquake is completely devastating, and all workers nationwide will be involved in responding to the catastrophe. The role of EMS responders using the ABC approach to earthquake response, as described here, may be integrated in part or whole in other EMS systems. |
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