Critical Analysis of Emergency Medical Services in Disaster Response: Preparedness, Execution, and Challenges
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: EMS is an important link in the chain of disaster management and outlines the approach to emergency healthcare and the number of people saved during large-scale disasters. Here, the preparedness, implementation, and issues connected with EMS in regard to disasters will be critiqued in this paper. The current paper is an exploratory study that looks at how efficient EMS systems are in disaster areas: training, coordination, resource management, and technological integration through the review of literature and analysis of recent global disasters. The study indicates that although EMS is central to disaster management, factors like lack of resources, inadequate communication channels, and pressure on personnel limit the effectiveness of disaster response. Given this, the paper recommends improvement in the personnel training about technology as well as in the area of communication. Moreover, it suggests introducing psychological traumatization for the staff of the EMs and pledging for better apparatus. The outcomes presented here are written as recommendations that practitioners may use to enhance the functioning of EMS systems, increase organizational coherence, improve system cooperation, improve professional care, facilitate material coordination, and improve communication aid.
Source: Journal of Ecohumanism
Authors: SALEH MOHAMMED AHMED ALYAMI, AHMED HMOOD ALWAYILY, BANDAR HAMMAD NAHAR ALSHAMMARY, ABDULHADI ALI ALMAKHALAS, ADEL ATEF ALYAME, ABDULLAH HASAN SAEED ALGHAMDI, MESHAL SHAFAQ S ALSHAMMARI, SAEED ALI SALEM ALHAZYAH, FAYEZ DHABA NAIF ALSHAMMARI, MOHAMMED FAHD ALSHAMMARI
Institution: Ministry of Health
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medical Services
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4405874359