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  • What Do 32 COVID-19 Deployments of Emergency Medical Teams Tell Us about Challenges and Lessons Learned?

  • Ramnath Vadi, Wojtek Wilk, Anna Radecka, Diana Maddah
  • Journal:
    Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness / Volume 19 / 2025
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    28 March 2025, e74
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  • The COVID-19 pandemic showed the vital role of Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) in international surge responses. The EMTs with their internationally skilled team members were able to meaningfully support countries facing the pandemic, especially those who were suffering from scarcity in the quality and quantity of workforce and financial resources within their health systems. This report summarizes the main operational challenges faced by UK-Med and The Polish Center for International Aid (PCPM) Emergency Medical Teams, based on experiences from their 32 COVID-19 deployments. In particular, the paper discusses the hindrances related to Ministries of Health expectations and the changing roles of EMTs during deployments.

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

  • Ramnath Vadi, Wojtek Wilk
  • Journal:
    Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 37 / Issue S2 / November 2022
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    22 November 2022, p. s52
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    November 2022
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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.