Review article
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-144-supl5-11
Role of military medicine in massive immediate threat situations
Lucija Svetina
; Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske
Boris Zdilar
; Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske
Elena Jelavić
; Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske
Berislav Dalić
; Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske
Jasminka Katona
; Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske
Toni Lozo
; Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske
Snježana Barbir
; Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inclusive role of non-health actors in the process of adaptation and response to the threat. In the Republic of Croatia, this is particularly visible in the multiple crises that hit country at the same time – several earthquakes and the pandemic. In the near future, the number of infectious agents capable of causing a new pandemic will increase, as will the possibility of facing other types of disasters. Today, more than ever before, we need pre-prepared and multidisciplinary organized health care. Future disaster preparedness should not imply multiple protocols for risk management, but one single multi-layered protocol involving all actors of government and public services. Due to its historical role and organizational system, the army is fully prepared to become part of a multidisciplinary team that manages mass casualty threats. Key elements required for effective national civil-military health cooperation in planning, detecting, responding to, and recovering from health crises or
disasters include (a) establishing a strategic cooperation plan for emergency health interventions; (b) appreciation of the differences between the civilian and military systems; (c) identification of potential areas for cooperation at the national level; (d) standardization and institutionalization of Civil Military Cooperation; and (e) joint training and exercise of civil-military emergency medical preparedness capacities.
Keywords
COMPLEX DISASTER; COVID-19 PANDEMIC; MILITARY MEDICINE; RISK MANAGEMENT
Hrčak ID:
286294
URI
Publication date:
25.11.2022.
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