Coventry CA

Vaska AI

Holland AJA

Read, David

Ivers RQ

2019-01-24

Emergency medical teams (EMTs) frequently provide surgical care after sudden-onset disasters (SODs) in low- and middle-income countries. The purpose of this review is to describe the types of surgical procedures performed by EMTs with general surgical capability in order to aid the recruitment and training of surgeons for these teams. A search of electronic databases (PubMed, MEDLINE, and EMBASE) was carried out to identify articles published between 1990 and 2018 that describe the type of surgical procedures performed by EMTs in the impact and post-impact phases of a SOD. Further relevant articles were obtained by hand searching reference lists. A total of 16 articles met the inclusion criteria. Articles reporting on EMTs from a number of different countries and responding to a variety of SODs were included. There was a high prevalence of procedures for extremity soft tissue injuries (46.8%) and fractures (28.3%), although a number of abdominal and genitourinary/obstetric procedures were also reported. Based upon this review, deployment of surgeons or teams with experience in the management of soft tissue wounds, orthopaedic trauma, abdominal surgery, and obstetrics is recommended.

The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinic School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. ccov2574@uni.sydney.edu.au..

Department of Surgery, Geelong Hospital, Geelong, VIC, Australia..

The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinic School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.. Department of Paediatric Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia..

National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Darwin, NT, Australia..

School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia..

World journal of surgery 2019-01-24

0000-0003-3745-8704

0000-0002-6555-7358

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30680503/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/7330

Surgical Procedures Performed by Emergency Medical Teams in Sudden-Onset Disasters: A Systematic Review.

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