Panel 2.5: mass-casualty management and hospital care.
This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Panel 2.5, Mass-Casualty Management and Hospital Care of the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization in Phuket, Thailand, 04-06 May 2005. The topics discussed included issues related to mass-casualty management and hospital care as pertain to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is presented in the following major sections: (1) key questions; (2) recommendations; and (3) conclusions. Subsections of the conclusion section include: (1) lessons learned; (2) what was done well?; and (3) what could have been done better?.
World Health Organization (WHO), Myanmar.
Agostino
A
Borra
Luis Jorge
LJ
Perez
Tin
T
Min
Wilai
W
Puavilai
Norimasa
N
Seo
Nakhon
N
Tipsunthonsak
D004190:Disasters; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration; D014944:World Health Organization