TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic medical auxiliary equipment in a field hospital
T2 - Experience from the Israeli delegation to the site of the Turkish earthquake at Adapazari
AU - Finestone, A. S.
AU - Bar-Dayan, Y.
AU - Wolf, Y.
AU - Stein, M.
AU - Tearosh, J.
AU - Zaide, Y.
AU - Mankuta, D.
AU - Eldad, A.
AU - Benedek, P.
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - An earthquake striking a highly populated area is likely to cause a mass casualty situation for even the most advanced trauma center. If the local medical teams are injured and the hospitals are damaged beyond immediate repair, external intervention is needed. In the Turkish earthquake crisis, Israel was one of many states to deploy a field hospital to the crisis site. This was set up in Adapazari, the second most severely hit city in terms of the amount of damage. The hospital provided advanced surgical and medical facilities, including laparotomy, cesarean section, and intensive care surveillance. These facilities require sophisticated laboratory and radiology services, including hematology, chemistry, microbiology, and blood bank. The speed with which the hospital must be assembled and transported to be efficient and the basic conditions of a field hospital dictate specific considerations regarding diagnostic auxiliary equipment. Considerations in choosing this equipment, problems encountered during installation, and recommendations for the future are presented.
AB - An earthquake striking a highly populated area is likely to cause a mass casualty situation for even the most advanced trauma center. If the local medical teams are injured and the hospitals are damaged beyond immediate repair, external intervention is needed. In the Turkish earthquake crisis, Israel was one of many states to deploy a field hospital to the crisis site. This was set up in Adapazari, the second most severely hit city in terms of the amount of damage. The hospital provided advanced surgical and medical facilities, including laparotomy, cesarean section, and intensive care surveillance. These facilities require sophisticated laboratory and radiology services, including hematology, chemistry, microbiology, and blood bank. The speed with which the hospital must be assembled and transported to be efficient and the basic conditions of a field hospital dictate specific considerations regarding diagnostic auxiliary equipment. Considerations in choosing this equipment, problems encountered during installation, and recommendations for the future are presented.
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U2 - 10.1093/milmed/166.7.637
DO - 10.1093/milmed/166.7.637
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0034944388
SN - 0026-4075
VL - 166
SP - 637
EP - 640
JO - Military Medicine
JF - Military Medicine
IS - 7
ER -
