Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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ISSN: 2165-7548
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2165-7548
+44 1223 790975
Itay Zoarets
Assuta Ashdod Medical Center,
7 Ha-Refua St, Ashdod
Israel
Research Article
A War Long Forgotten-Humanitarian Aid Mission for Victims of the Syrian Civil War
Author(s): Avi Benov, Itay Zoarets, Elon Glassberg, Barak Cohen, Ran Ankory, Salman Zarka, Jacob Chen, Avi Yitzhak, David Dagan and Tarif BaderAvi Benov, Itay Zoarets, Elon Glassberg, Barak Cohen, Ran Ankory, Salman Zarka, Jacob Chen, Avi Yitzhak, David Dagan and Tarif Bader
Introduction: The Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011. The country’s health care and social resources have suffered heavy damage and, in some areas, stopped to exist. Since March 2013 the Israeli Defense Forces-Medical Corps (IDF-MC) has operated a humanitarian operation to help the wounded reaching the Israeli border.Methods: A Forward Surgical Team (FST) operated a role 2+ Medical Treatment Facility (MTF), near the Israeli-Syrian border. The MTF capabilities were those of a FST; life-saving interventions including Damage Control Resuscitation (DCR) and Damage Control Surgery (DCS) along with medical capabilities of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), hospitalization, nursing, imaging, laboratory, pharmacy and logistics as were needed by the unique scenario. Treatment was given per the Israeli patient’s rights law and the international.. View More»