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Theme 1. Disaster Coordination and Management: Summary and Action Plans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Eric Auf der Heide ,
Raymond Lafond ,
Anne Eyre ,
Nurit Fertel ,
Judith M. Fisher ,
SWA Gunn ,
Dianna Hampton ,
Bianca Lederman ,
Z. Posner  and
V.N. Preobrajensky
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Eric Auf der Heide
Affiliation:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, USA
Raymond Lafond
Affiliation:
Social Work Consultant, Emergency Services, CANADA
Anne Eyre
Affiliation:
Centre for Disaster Management, Coventry University, UK
Nurit Fertel
Affiliation:
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
Judith M. Fisher
Affiliation:
Essex Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex, UK
SWA Gunn
Affiliation:
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine and the International Association for Humanitarian Medicine
Dianna Hampton
Affiliation:
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region 10, Botherell, Washington, USA
Bianca Lederman
Affiliation:
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
Z. Posner
Affiliation:
Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, ISRAEL
V.N. Preobrajensky
Affiliation:
All-Russian Centre for Disaster Medicine “Zaschita”, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Clinical Basseinovy Hospital, Moscow, RUSSIA
M. Rebonato
Affiliation:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Emergency Office, Rome, Italy and Former UNMIK-appointed International HospitalDirector, ITALY
Vincenzo Riboni
Affiliation:
United Nations Organization
Daniel Rodriguez
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, COSTA RICA
Chung-Liang Shih
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Yasuhiro Yamamoto
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, JAPAN
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Abstract

Introduction:

Disaster is a collective responsibility requiring coordinated response from all parts of society. This theme focused on coordination and management issues in a diverse range of scenarios.

Methods:

Details of the methods used are provided in the preceding paper. The chairs moderated all presentations and produced a summary that was presented to an assembly of all of the delegates. Although the main points developed in Themes 1 and 4 were different from each other (as reported in the Results section), their implementation was similar. Therefore, the chairs of both groups presided over one workshop that resulted in the generation of a set of Action Plans that then were reported to the collective group of all delegates.

Results:

The main points developed during the presentations and discussions included: (1) the need for evidence-based assessments and planning, (2) the need for a shift in focus to health-sector readiness, (3) empowerment of survivors, (4) provision of relief for the caregivers, (5) address the incentives and disincentives to attain readiness, (6) engage in joint preparation, response, and training, (7) focus on prevention and mitigation of the damage from events, and (8) improve media relations. There exists a need for institutionalization of processes for learning from experiences obtained from disasters.

Discussion:

Action plans presented include: (1) creation of an Information and Data Clearinghouse on Disaster Management, (2) identification of incentives and disincentives for readiness and develop strategies and interventions, and (3) act on lessons learned from evidence-based research and practical experience.

Conclusions:

There is an urgent need to proactively establish coordination and management procedures in advance of any crisis. A number of important insights for improvement in coordination and management during disasters emerged.

Keywords

assessmentcaregiverscoordinationdisasterempowermentevidence-basedincentivemanagementmediamitigationplanningpreparednesspreventionresponsesectorhealthsurvivorstraining
Type
5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Disaster Medicine
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 2001 , pp. 22 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2001

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References

5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Disaster Medicine (5APCDM): Theme 1: Disaster coordination and management. Prehosp Disast Med 2000;15(3):s30–s37 (http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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