Safety of Electro-Medical Equipment in Floods in Austere Environment-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Safety of Electro-Medical Equipment in Floods in Austere Environment

Published:2018-01-21 Issue:6 Volume:12 Page:803-805
ISSN:1935-7893
Container-title:Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
language:en
Short-container-title:Disaster med. public health prep.

Author:

Khan Zubair Ahmed,Bhatti Ahsin M.,Akhtar Faisal

Abstract

AbstractPakistan is prone to floods. In 2010, floods in North-Western Pakistan caused devastation in wide areas. Electro-medical equipment is very expensive and without proper equipment adequate surgery is not possible. We retrospectively analyzed how expensive electro-medical equipment got damaged during floods of 2010 at a district-level hospital in North-Western Pakistan and how we could have saved this equipment or reduced the damage to the minimum. The article provides the lessons learned and recommendations aimed to prevent or minimize damage to the valuable and expensive equipment in the areas prone to floods. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:803-805)

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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