Disasters (How HSC Workers are Responding) by Connie Dalton

Turkey-Syria Earthquake

cdalton37 — 2023-12-07 15:25:58 UTC

31,000 in Turkey, 5,000 in Syria died

WHO said its the worst natural disaster in the Europe region

Critical vaccine supplies and mobile pharmacies have been supplied

Health system severely stretched

22 medical teams from 19 counties have arrived to provide critical care

UK international search and rescue team: foreign commonwealth and development office had sent 77 members to support rescue missions including one emergency nurse

WHO European regional director: dispatched 3 emergency flights filled with supplies to teach 400,000 people

Disasters (in general)

cdalton37 — 2023-12-07 15:28:11 UTC

Physical resource management: expiry of medicine is controlled, resources prior to disaster is supervised, basic needs are announced to attract donations

Environment health control: burial of human and animal bodies are monitored, infectious wears materials are collected, set up morgues to keep corpses (think of Italy during Covid)

Give health rescuers specialised training

Icelandic Volcano

cdalton37 — 2023-12-07 15:29:53 UTC

President is advocating for a Bill for infrastructure in the peninsula to take preventative action from future harm

All monitoring services will be kept on monitoring in real time for prevention