#11 Disaster Medical Support - Organization, Stages, Levels, Actors Flashcards
Organisation of Disaster Medical Support
To ensure that DMS is effective, the Unified Medical Doctrine is established.
Its basic principle is to organise medical help
=> via a staged system
=> its objective is to provide early
first medical and physician aid- in sufficient volume
=> to a maximal number of casualties
=> as well as to also assure rapid evacuation
=> to hospitals capable of definite treatment.
How many Stages of Disaster Medical Support are there?
3 Stages of Disaster Medical Support
What is the 1st Stage of Disaster Medical Support?
Activities are performed within the AOD
- Survivors perform first aid as self and buddy aid during impact phase and isolation sub phase
- Search and rescue teams enter AOD during salvation sub phase
- After finding and extracting casualties they perform- primary triage, first aid (if required and possible)
- organised evacuation
What is the 2nd Stage of Disaster Medical Support?
Activities are performed by mobile medical teams in FMS as close as possible to the AOD
- Medical intelligence
- Medical triage
- Treatment and evacuation of all those in need of it
- Life, limb and eyesight saving procedures
- Procedures to control bleeding and shock management
What is the 3rd Stage of Disaster Medical Support?
- Activities are performed in treatment facilities in the vicinity of the AOD, if necessary with enhancement of mobile medical teams
- An entire scope of specialised medical aid activities is performed to all injured casualties
What is the DMS Structure Consist of?
A) Managing Body
B) Medical Means and Capabilities
C) Healthcare Establishments
D) Hygiene and Anti-Epidemic Establishments
E) Blood Banks for Blood Transfusions
F) Ambulance Services
What is the Managing Body, within the Disaster Medical Support?
National level= minister of health
Regional level= leader of Regional Health inspection
Local level = expert on DMS.
This expert may not have a medical background so they may be directed by the director of a local hospital and also GPs.
What are the Medical Means and Capabilities, within the Disaster Medical Support?
Include sanitary teams
=> which are educated + trained
=> to enhance first aid provision
What are the Medical Formations, within the Disaster Medical Support?
mainly established in administration and industrial sites
=> for processing hazardous materials.
Sites include
=> nuclear power plants
=> chemical plants etc
INCLUDE * Medical teams: => physician team => specialised team => medical technician team => transport team
*Medical teams with high level of readiness:
=> anti-epidemic teams
=> squads
=> specialised teams for enhanced treatment and diagnostics
=> military medical detachment for emergency response
What are the Healthcare Establishments, within the Disaster Medical Support?
Outpatient clinics + medical centres
=> for diagnosis
=> treatment
Multi profile/Specialised Hospitals for : => active => long-term => rehabilitation - treatment
Dispensaries/ rehabilitation
What are the Hygiene and Anti-Epidemic Establishments, within the Disaster Medical Support?
Hygiene and anti-epidemic establishments
Examples: => sanitary-chemical labs => toxicological labs => radio-biological labs => microbiological labs
