Medical Rehabilitation After Natural Disasters: Why, When, and How?
| Autor: | James E. Gosney, Joel A. DeLisa, Jianan Li, Jan D. Reinhardt, Farooq Azam Rathore, Andrew J. Haig |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Occupational therapy
medicine.medical_specialty Evidence-Based Medicine Internationality Rehabilitation Emergency management business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Public health Disaster Planning Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Person with disability Evidence-based medicine Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine medicine.disease Disaster Medicine Disasters medicine Humans Medical emergency Natural disaster business Disaster medicine Societies Medical |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 93:1875-1881 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9993 |
| Popis: | Rathore FA, Gosney JE, Reinhardt JD, Haig AJ, Li J, DeLisa JA. Medical rehabilitation after natural disas- ters: why, when, and how? Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2012;93: 1875-81. Natural disasters can cause significant numbers of severe, disabling injuries, resulting in a public health emergency and requiring foreign assistance. However, since medical rehabili- tation services are often poorly developed in disaster-affected regions and not highly prioritized by responding teams, phys- ical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM) has historically been underemphasized in global disaster planning and response. Recent development of the specialties of "disaster medicine" and "disaster rehabilitation" has raised awareness of the critical importance of rehabilitation intervention during the immediate postdisaster emergency response. The World Health Organiza- tion Liaison Sub-Committee on Rehabilitation Disaster Relief of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine has authored this report to assess the role of emer- gency rehabilitation intervention after natural disasters based on current scientific evidence and subject matter expert ac- counts. Major disabling injury types are identified, and spinal cord injury, limb amputation, and traumatic brain injury are used as case studies to exemplify the challenges to effective management of disabling injuries after disasters. Evidence on the effectiveness of disaster rehabilitation interventions is presented. The authors then summarize the current state of disaster-related research, as well as lessons learned from PRM emergency rehabilitation response in recent disasters. Result- ing recommendations for greater integration of PRM services into the immediate emergency disaster response are provided. This report aims to stimulate development of research and practice in the emerging discipline of disaster rehabilitation |
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