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EMT Response in COVID-19 Pandemic: Best Practices from Deployment of UK-MED and PCPM’s EMTs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2022

Ramnath Vadi
Affiliation:
UK-Med, Manchester, United Kingdom
Wojtek Wilk
Affiliation:
PCPM, Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract

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Background/Introduction:

As part of EU (Horizon 2020) HERoS program, UK-MED and PCPM compiled main operational difficulties faced by the two EMTs in 25 and seven COVID-19 deployments, respectively. In particular, the paper discusses the changing role of EMTs, as well as challenges faced in meeting high expectations of the respective Ministries of Health (MOH).

Objectives:

Documenting challenges faced by EMTs in COVID-19 response, lessons learned, and best practices.

Method/Description:

Review of mission reports; interviews with mission members; input from other EMTs (TBC).

Results/Outcomes:

The paper lists best practices of the two EMTs and recommendations to donors and EMT Secretariat, particularly linked to mission duration and collaboration with MOH.

Conclusion:

The paper lists best practices of the two EMTs and recommendations to donors and EMT Secretariat, particularly linked to mission duration and collaboration with MOH.

Type
Meeting Abstracts
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine