Health care challenges at mass gatherings

Zafeirakis, Athanasios; Efstathiou, Panagiotis

doi:10.23950/jcmk/9257

J CLIN MED KAZ

2020

DOI: 10.23950/jcmk/9257

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Health care challenges at mass gatherings

Athanasios Zafeirakis¹,

Panagiotis Efstathiou

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“…Examples of medical rescue teams include DMAT (Disaster Medical Assistance Teams) and TCCT (Trauma and Critical Care Teams) in the United States, IMSURT (International Medical Surgical Response Teams); DART (Disaster Assistance Response Team) in Canada, J-DMAT (Japan-Disaster Medical Assistance Teams) in Japan, AUS-MAT (Australian Medical Assistance Teams) in Australia, and NMRT (National Medical Rescue Teams) in Turkey. 6,7…”

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Challenges Faced by Medical Rescue Teams During Disaster Response: A Systematic Review Study

Kuday,

Özcan,

Çalışkan

et al. 2023

Disaster med. public health prep.

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This study was conducted to identify the challenges faced by medical rescue teams during the response phase of sudden-onset disasters and provide a comprehensive understanding of these challenges. Peer-reviewed, English-language articles published until January 2023 that described the challenges faced by medical rescue teams during disaster response were searched in the Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane, PubMed, and Science Direct databases. The articles were assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) version 2018, a quality evaluation tool, and a qualitative thematic synthesis approach was adopted. A total of 353 publications were identified, and 18 of these met the inclusion criteria. Of the 18 included studies, 8 were review articles, 4 were special reports, 3 were cross-sectional studies, 1 was a mixed methods study, 1 was a qualitative study, and 1 was a short communication. Through qualitative analysis, the challenges faced by medical rescue teams during disaster response were categorized into 6 factors: organizational, individual, environmental and health, logistical, communication and information, and other factors. These factors are significant in terms of issues such as delayed access to disaster victims, disruptions in response processes, and an increase in morbidity and mortality rates. Therefore, the findings in our study shed light on future research in the field of disasters and offer opportunities to develop a roadmap for improving the conditions of medical rescue teams.

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Challenges Faced by Medical Rescue Teams During Disaster Response: A Systematic Review Study

Kuday,

Özcan,

Çalışkan

et al. 2023

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Public health preparedness, syndromic surveillance, and response during the largest religious gathering at the Catholic pilgrimage center of Velankanni in South India: 2016

Ponnaiah,

Virumbi,

Sharma

et al. 2024

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Background: The dynamicity and mobility of the population in a mass gathering setting pose a challenge to traditional disease surveillance methods and strain the local health services. Velankanni is one of the most sacred Christian pilgrimage places located in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India. We participated in the Velankanni festival to describe the public health preparedness, surveillance, and response activities carried out during the festival. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. We reviewed the national and international guidelines and published literature and discussed with the key stakeholders. We developed a checklist to observe public health preparedness activities. We facilitated the staff and monitored the activities by the implementers. We established the syndromic surveillance in the designated locations of the event and used tracker software to capture the data. Emergency medical teams were formed with trained health personnel to respond to medical emergencies. Results: The team monitored all the public health activities. There are 59 primary care public health facilities and nine ambulatory Mobile Medical Units, with 160 medical officers available at the site. Of the 16,169 persons who attended the medical camps, 9863 (61%) were males and 8408 (52%) were aged 15–44. Acute diarrheal disease was the most frequent of the reported syndromes, followed by injuries, acute febrile illness, and animal bites. Conclusions: There was no outbreak of any disease either identified or reported. Our findings suggest that risk assessments should be used, and establishing an Incident Command Center is vital for executing command and control mechanisms during mass gatherings.

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Health care challenges at mass gatherings

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Challenges Faced by Medical Rescue Teams During Disaster Response: A Systematic Review Study

Challenges Faced by Medical Rescue Teams During Disaster Response: A Systematic Review Study

Public health preparedness, syndromic surveillance, and response during the largest religious gathering at the Catholic pilgrimage center of Velankanni in South India: 2016

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