دورية أكاديمية
Surgical workload of a foreign medical team after Typhoon Haiyan.
| العنوان: | Surgical workload of a foreign medical team after Typhoon Haiyan. |
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| المؤلفون: | Read DJ; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia., Holian A; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia., Moller CC; Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., Poutawera V; Orthopaedic Department, Tauranga Hospital, Tauranga, New Zealand. |
| المصدر: | ANZ journal of surgery [ANZ J Surg] 2016 May; Vol. 86 (5), pp. 361-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 May 21. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia Country of Publication: Australia NLM ID: 101086634 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1445-2197 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14451433 NLM ISO Abbreviation: ANZ J Surg Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: Carlton, Victoria, Australia : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia Original Publication: Carlton, Victoria, Australia : Blackwell Science Asia on behalf of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, c2001- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Cyclonic Storms* , General Surgery* , International Cooperation*, Disaster Medicine/*organization & administration , Medical Missions/*organization & administration , Workload/*statistics & numerical data , Wounds and Injuries/*surgery, Australia ; Humans ; Incidence ; Philippines/epidemiology ; Retrospective Studies ; Workforce ; Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology |
| مستخلص: | Background: On 8 November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines causing widespread loss of lives and infrastructures. At the request of the Government of the Philippines, the Australian Government deployed a surgical field hospital to the city of Tacloban for 4 weeks. This paper describes the establishment of the hospital, the surgical workload and handover to the local health system upon the end of deployment. Methods: A Microsoft excel database was utilized throughout the deployment, recording demographics, relationship to the typhoon and surgical procedure performed. Results: Over the 21 days of surgical activity, the Australian field hospital performed 222 operations upon 131 persons. A mean of 10.8 procedures were performed per day (range 3-20). The majority (70.2%) of procedures were soft tissue surgery. Diabetes was present in 22.9% and 67.9% were typhoon-related. The Australian Medical Assistance Team field hospital adhered to the World Health Organization guidelines for foreign medical teams, in ensuring informed consent, appropriate anaesthesia and surgery, and worked collaboratively with local surgeons, ensuring adequate documentation and clinical handover. Conclusion: This paper describes the experience of a trained, equipped and collaborative surgical foreign medical team in Tacloban in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. Sepsis from foot injuries in diabetic patients constituted an unexpected majority of the workload. New presentations of typhoon-related injuries were presented throughout the deployment. (© 2015 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.) |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Typhoon Haiyan; foreign medical team; sudden onset disaster |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20150523 Date Completed: 20170223 Latest Revision: 20181202 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20221213 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ans.13175 |
| PMID: | 25997691 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1445-2197 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/ans.13175 |