Organization of Emergency Health Services and Problems in Flood Disasters: The Case of Hopa
The Hopa flood disaster that occurred on August 24, 2015, caused many injuries, 3 people were lost in the flood waters and 8 people lost their lives in addition to financial losses. When the disaster occurs, the victims have to cope with their own means until the medical rescue teams reach the dis...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Artvin Coruh University
2022-07-01
|
| Series: | Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/1904254 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832570166096953344 |
|---|---|
| author | Kemal Torpuş Sedat Bostan |
| author_facet | Kemal Torpuş Sedat Bostan |
| author_sort | Kemal Torpuş |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The Hopa flood disaster that occurred on August 24, 2015, caused many injuries, 3 people were lost in the flood waters and 8 people
lost their lives in addition to financial losses. When the disaster occurs, the victims have to cope with their own means until the medical
rescue teams reach the disaster area. From this point of view, in our study, it is aimed to organize the emergency health services in the
Hopa flood disaster, to identify and evaluate the problems that arise in the organization. Qualitative research method was used in the
study. Semi-structured interview technique was applied to the leaders of the National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE) who took part in
the Hopa flood disaster. When the study data is examined, it was determined that the teams reached the disaster area within 3-6 hours,
the first rescue operation was carried out by the disaster victims and the injured reached the hospital by their own means. It has been
determined that the lack of coordination and practice and the desire to meet the water and food needs of the disaster victims by the
health team create administrative problems. It has been determined that the number of teams involved in the disaster is sufficient,
equipment and medical logistics are adequately provided, and the teams work hard and in harmony.
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-cab9e1f281c54f97a5ed12d0f4e30f95 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2528-9640 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2022-07-01 |
| publisher | Artvin Coruh University |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi |
| spelling | doaj-art-cab9e1f281c54f97a5ed12d0f4e30f952025-02-02T16:55:40ZengArtvin Coruh UniversityDoğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi2528-96402022-07-0182396407https://doi.org/10.21324/dacd.977594Organization of Emergency Health Services and Problems in Flood Disasters: The Case of HopaKemal Torpuş0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2204-0666Sedat Bostan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9439-8448Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi, Artvin Meslek Yüksekokulu, Sivil Savunma ve İtfaiyecilik Programı, ArtvinOrdu Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Sağlık Yönetimi Bölümü, Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi ve Organizasyonu Anabilim Dalı, Ordu.The Hopa flood disaster that occurred on August 24, 2015, caused many injuries, 3 people were lost in the flood waters and 8 people lost their lives in addition to financial losses. When the disaster occurs, the victims have to cope with their own means until the medical rescue teams reach the disaster area. From this point of view, in our study, it is aimed to organize the emergency health services in the Hopa flood disaster, to identify and evaluate the problems that arise in the organization. Qualitative research method was used in the study. Semi-structured interview technique was applied to the leaders of the National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE) who took part in the Hopa flood disaster. When the study data is examined, it was determined that the teams reached the disaster area within 3-6 hours, the first rescue operation was carried out by the disaster victims and the injured reached the hospital by their own means. It has been determined that the lack of coordination and practice and the desire to meet the water and food needs of the disaster victims by the health team create administrative problems. It has been determined that the number of teams involved in the disaster is sufficient, equipment and medical logistics are adequately provided, and the teams work hard and in harmony. http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/1904254medical rescueemergency healthdisaster managementflood |
| spellingShingle | Kemal Torpuş Sedat Bostan Organization of Emergency Health Services and Problems in Flood Disasters: The Case of Hopa Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi medical rescue emergency health disaster management flood |
| title | Organization of Emergency Health Services and Problems in Flood Disasters: The Case of Hopa |
| title_full | Organization of Emergency Health Services and Problems in Flood Disasters: The Case of Hopa |
| title_fullStr | Organization of Emergency Health Services and Problems in Flood Disasters: The Case of Hopa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Organization of Emergency Health Services and Problems in Flood Disasters: The Case of Hopa |
| title_short | Organization of Emergency Health Services and Problems in Flood Disasters: The Case of Hopa |
| title_sort | organization of emergency health services and problems in flood disasters the case of hopa |
| topic | medical rescue emergency health disaster management flood |
| url | http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/1904254 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT kemaltorpus organizationofemergencyhealthservicesandproblemsinflooddisastersthecaseofhopa AT sedatbostan organizationofemergencyhealthservicesandproblemsinflooddisastersthecaseofhopa |