Victim profiles and revealed issues of type 1 Emergency Medical Team in the first minutes of a mega earthquake in Turkey

CONCLUSION: The experience of EMT in the initial relief of MEs that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023 showed that a mobile type 1 EMT in the early stage while rebuilding the infrastructure is essential. From the analysis of patient profiles, it is clear that knowledge and experience of skin diseases is needed in the first minutes of MEs. In addi-tion, it has become clear that to ensure the quality of MDS for further analysis and to improve the efficiency and effec-tiveness of EMS, it is essential to have recorders in the EMS. These MDS recorders, called descriptors, must be isolated from the treating medical staff to eliminate subjectivity and ensure data accuracy.PMID:37970695 | DOI:10.5055/ajdm.0455
Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research