scholarly journals What Types of Patients Were Seen after the Tsunami in Banda Aceh in an International Committee Red Cross (ICRC) Field Hospital Outpatient/Emergency Department?

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (S2) ◽  
pp. S114-S114
Author(s):  
L. Redwood-Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
Hospital Outpatient ◽  
Banda Aceh

Post-Tsunami Medical Care: Health Problems Encountered in the International Committee of the Red Cross Hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (S1) ◽  
pp. S1-S7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynda J. Redwood-Campbell ◽  
Louis Riddez
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
Banda Aceh

AbstractIntroduction:When the Tsunami struck Asia on 26 December 2004, Aceh, Indonesia suffered more damage than did any other region. After the Tsunami, many humanitarian organizations provided aid in Aceh. For example, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), along with the Indonesian and Norwegian Red Cross opened a field hospital in Banda Aceh on 16 January 2005. This study describes the illnesses seen in the out-patient department/casualty department (OPD/CD) of the ICRC hospital nine weeks after the Tsunami. It describes the percentage of people seen for problems directly related to the Tsunami, and includes a basic screening for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Methods:A prospective, five-day study was performed from 01–05 March 2005. Patients registering in the ICRC field hospital in Banda Aceh were considered for the study. Data collected included: (1) age; (2) gender; (3) diagnosis in the OPD/CD; and (4) whether or not the problem was related directly to the Tsunami. Seven basic questions were asked to screen for depression and PTSD symptoms.Results:Twelve percent of the problems seen in the OPD/CD nine weeks after the Tsunami still were related directly to the Tsunami. Sixty-three percent of patients in the study were male. The medical problems included: (1) urological (19%); (2) digestive (16%); (3) respiratory (12%); and (4) musculoskeletal (12%). Although <2% of patients were diagnosed with a mental health problem, 24% had at least four or more of the seven depression/PTSD symptoms addressed in the study.Conclusions:Post-earthquake and post-tsunami health problems and medical needs differ from those found in conflict zones. After the Tsunami, both surgical and primary healthcare teams were needed. Many problems were chronic medical problems, which may be indicative of the lack of healthcare infrastructure before the Tsunami. The findings suggest that mental health issues must be taken into consideration for future planning. The ethical issues of performing research in complex emergencies also need further development at the international level.

17 December 1996: Six ICRC delegates assassinated in Chechnya

1997 ◽  
Vol 37 (317) ◽  
pp. 140-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Bugnion
Keyword(s):  
Late Summer ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
Large Numbers

In the early hours of 17 December 1996, six delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross were assassinated in a brutal attack by gunmen at the ICRC hospital in Novye Atagi, near Grozny.In late summer 1996, the ICRC had decided to open a field hospital in Chechnya because the main hospitals in Grozny had been seriously damaged, thus leaving large numbers of war-wounded without proper care.

Yemen — Cyprus — Laos — Indonesia — The Balkans

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (46) ◽  
pp. 33-36
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Medical Teams ◽  
Hospital Equipment ◽  
Operating Unit ◽  
Surgical Operations

Since the beginning of its medical programme on behalf of the victims of the civil war raging in the Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross has treated some 14,500 persons. Of these 9100 wounded and sick made their way by their own resources to the field hospital at Uqhd in Royalist territory in Northeast Yemen; a further 900 were admitted to the hospital; 4500 were examined and treated by the mobile medical teams in the fighting areas. We would add that 786 surgical operations have been performed at Uqhd in the complete and air-conditioned “clinobox” operating unit sent as part of the hospital equipment by the ICRC.

International Committee's action in the Yemen

1964 ◽  
Vol 4 (37) ◽  
pp. 181-183
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
North East

After several months of relative calm, a renewal of fighting has been reported in North East Yemen, a region in which is located the field hospital established by the International Committee of the Red Cross last November.

Mission to the Near East

1964 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
pp. 134-134
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Near East ◽  
Vice President ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
The North

The Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. Samuel Gonard, returned on February 10 to Geneva, after a four week tour in the Middle East. He visited the ICRC delegations in Saudi Arabia and in the Yemen and in particular inspected the field hospital at Uqhd in the North of the Yemen, where wounded and sick victims of the war from both sides are cared for.

Red Cross radiocommunications set up by the International Committee

1964 ◽  
Vol 4 (45) ◽  
pp. 634-635
Author(s):  
P. E. B.
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Spare Parts ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Set Up

At the foot of the rocks, worn smooth by the desert winds and burning to the touch, the surgeons of the ICRC field hospital at Uqhd in the Yemen are consulting each other about a wounded case. The X-ray apparatus has just broken down and it will not be possible to operate. How many days will pass before the news reaches Geneva and how many weeks before spare parts are received ?

Yeman—Malaysia—Viet Nam—Cambodia—Laos—Japan—Philippines—Ceylon—Congo—Cyprus—Brazil—Germany—Czechoslovakia — Poland

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (48) ◽  
pp. 131-137
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
Medical Aid ◽  
Medical Teams

The situation in the Yemen where, in spite of the cease-fire agreement concluded last November, hostilities have broken out again in various areas, is obliging the International Committee of the Red Cross to continue its humanitarian activity which started in 1962 on behalf of the victims of the conflict. Mr. André Rochat, head of the ICRC mission, has returned to the Arabian peninsula after a fortnight's stay in Geneva, during which he examined with the institution's directors methods of continuing its work in the Yemen. It has now been decided that the ICRC will continue, for the time being, to give medical aid to the wounded and sick. It will therefore maintain its field hospital at Uqhd in North Yemen for some time longer, as well as the mobile medical teams working in the interior of the country near the fighting areas.

The Role of Regional Anesthesia under Field Conditions

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Klöss ◽  
Gunther Lenz ◽  
Heidi Schwandt-Boden ◽  
Johannes Bauer ◽  
Raimund Stehle
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Anesthetic Techniques ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
Local Infiltration ◽  
Surgical Field ◽  
Local Infiltration Anesthesia ◽  
Infiltration Anesthesia ◽  
Regional Anesthetic

AbstractThe authors, who served as anesthesiologists for 15 months at an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) surgical field hospital in a Cambodian refugee camp, report their anesthesiologic experience with 2,906 patients. In spite of preferential use of regional anesthetic techniques, general anesthesia was required in 68% of the cases. Local infiltration anesthesia was applied in 21% of the cases, conduction anesthesia in 3%, and spinal anesthesia in 8%.

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