Hospital disaster plan and disaster medicine

In general, the disaster rescue team should do their work within 1 to 2 hours after disaster, and disaster medical assistance team (DMAT) should care the victims at disaster site within 3 to 6 hours. Since about 10 years ago, world health organization, world meteorological organization, and world congress of disaster emergency medicine emphasized that each countries should complete the disaster plan on 'chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosives' (CBRNE) disaster. After these warnings, the most of countries has strengthened the hospital disaster plan, and also organized disaster services system such as DMAT, hazardous material information system, and others. In Korea, the most of tertiary hospitals can not operate hospital disaster plan effectively, and the government did not support hospitals on disaster plan politically and financially. As a result, only a small number of hospitals is operating DMAT, and a few hospital completed CBRNE disaster preparedness such as disaster drill, personal protective equipments, decontamination set. The poison information center that control information on hazardous material is not established yet, and most physicians can not get information on chemicals, biologics and other hazardous materials when CBRNE disaster occur. To operate effective disaster plan, each hospitals should modernize the disaster plan on internal disaster, external disaster, and CBRNE disaster. The government should support hospitals to keep DMAT and special preparedness on CBRNE disaster. When CBRNE disaster strikes, the poison information center should expand their capability to provide information on the various kinds of hazardous materials.

Development and implement of a disaster plan in a laboratory animal care and use program / 中国比较医学杂志

As a vital component in an overall laboratory animal care and use program , development of a disaster plan plays a critical role for every research institution .Currently, most of domestic institutions would draw up an“emergency operation plan , EOP”, but ignoring a practicable “business continuity plan , BCP” in establishing a disaster plan.In this article, we will discusse about the definition of disaster , how to set up an EOP, and how to establish a thorough BCP , in order to show an integrated and professional disaster plan in laboratory animal care and use program .

Medical rescue and relief work of the Chinese International Rescue Team in Pakistan flood disaster / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To summarize the enperience of medical rescue and rdlief work in flood disaster at over seas. Method From August,26 to September14, 2010, China's international medical rescue team urgently ordered by the Chinese gevernment for the first time went to join the Pakistan flood disaster medical relief mission to carry out international humanitarianism rescue work. Aiming directly at infectious diseases prevention and treatment after flood disaster, organized medical rescue team from the hospital; consummated medical rescue plan; equipped with medical materials; established medical profession safety regulation. Results Through 18 days hard working,China's international medical rescue team received 11 243 persons, and treated 11020 patients. Conclusions China is one of the first countries to join the Pakistan flood disaster medical relief mission.