RT Book, Section
A1 DeMers, Gerard
A1 Vilke, Gary M.
A2 Cooney, Derek R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126794344
T1 International Deployment
T2 Cooney's EMS Medicine
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071775649
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126794344
RD 2025/04/30
AB Emergency  medicine  service  (EMS)  personnel  have  opportunities  to  deploy  in  a  variety  of  settings  from  urban  international  disaster  response  to  sustained  humanitarian  missions  for  developing  areas  of  the  world.  Types  of  deployments  are  listed  in  Table  69-1.  Terms  to  describe  these  missions  vary  but  generally  offer  some  combination  of  direct  clinical  care  to  refugees,  displaced  persons  or  host  country  citizens,  medical  education  information  exchange,  including  consulting  and  training,  establishing  public  health  programs,  health  care  team  development,  building  or  rebuilding  health  care  infrastructure,  and  medical  support  to  other  deploying  professionals.  Missions  may  be  short  in  duration,  require  multiple  rotations  over  time,  or  require  months  to  years  of  direct  sustained  medical  support.  Medical  operations  are  usually  conducted  as  a  component  of  multidisciplinary  teams  or  organizations,  and  other  services  offered  may  include  food  and  water  distribution  or  civil  engineering  programs.  Each  stage  of  response  may  need  medical  support,  and  personnel  responsibilities  may  be  well  defined  or  fluid  depending  on  needs.  Clinical  or  administrative  medical  roles  may  be  necessary  depending  on  the  circumstances.  There  are  multiple  ways  for  EMS  personnel  to  participate  in  international  deployments.