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Emergency preparedness in the Baltics
Dinas VaitkaitisKaunas University of Medicine
Lithuanian Society for Emergency Medicine
SCIENTIFIC NETWORKING AND THE GLOBAL HEALTH SUPERCOURSE FOR THE PREVENTION OF THREAT FROM MAN MADE AND NATURAL DISASTERS
August 8-11 2005, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Topics
Background info Risks Emergency management Emergency services Education and training
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THE BALTICS
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Background info
LT LV ESTGeographic size, th km2
65,3 64,5 45,0
Population size, M 3.6 2.44 1.5
GDP, bn $45.23 $26.53 $19.23
GDP, per person $12,500 $11,500 $14.300
% of GDP spent on healthcare
5.2 5.1 5.1
Geography/Demographics/Economy
Sources: WHO, CIA
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Differences
66% located on 33% of territory,rest of the population very
sparsely situated
Estonia and Latvia -
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DISASTER RISKS
Natural disasters:
floods forests’ fire stormy winds drought
Man-made disasters: nuclear disasters chemical disasters traffic accidents terrorism and war infections
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IGNALINA NPP
Two RBMK-1500 reactors since 1983 and 1987 – one of them is still working
1,5 Billion kWh/month Personnel: 3900
(April, 2003) day shift : 2500 night shift: 230 security service: 530 shelter for: 800
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1994 Tammiku, Estonia Cs-137 from dump 3 persons irradiated 1 person died
Risk of nuclear disasters
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RiskVecumnieki 1999
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Kemeri 1999
Risk
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Risk
28 September 1994 989 people on board 138 rescued
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Explosion in shopping centre “Centrs” (RIGA, 17 August ,2000)
1 cilvēks miris slimnīcā30 cilvēki cietuši
Multitrauma, neirotrauma izolēti skeleta bojājumi
apdegumi
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT LEVELS IN LITHUANIA
National (country) level Regional (county) level Local (municipality) level
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT LEVELS
NATIONAL LEVEL
Government of the Republic of Lithuania Emergency Management Commission Emergency Management Center Civil Protection Department Ministries Emergency Management Centers Fire Department Health Emergency Situation Center Maritime Search and Rescue Center Air Search and Rescue Centre Other Governmental Institutions
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT LEVELS
REGIONAL LEVEL
Regional Authority Regional Emergency
Management Center Regional Warning and
Information Service Civil Protection Services
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT LEVELS
MUNICIPALITY LEVEL
Local Authority Local Emergency
Management Center Fire and rescue Departments Local Warning and
Information Service Business and Industry Civil Protection Services
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN HEALTH CARE SECTOR
GOVERNMENT Emergency Management Commission Emergency Management Center
MINISTRY OF HEALTH Disaster Management Center Health Emergency Situation Center
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION County Emergency Management Center County Doctor’s Institution
MUNICIPALITY ADMINISTRATION Municipality Emergency Management Center Municipality Doctor’s Institution
County level hospitals
State level hospitals
Municipality level
hospitals
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HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION LEVELS IN CASE OF
DISASTER: STATE LEVEL
MINISTRY OF HEALTH DISASTER MANAGEMENT CENTER OF THE MOH HEALTH EMERGENCY SITUATIONS CENTER TO THE MOH
Radiation Protection Center
Centre of Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control
Public Health Services Institute of Hygiene
Kaunas Medical University Clinics
Vilnius University Hospital ,,Santariskiu Clinics”
Vilnius University Emergency Hospital
Lithuanian Oncology Center VU Children Hospital VU Zalgirio Clinics (stomatol.
surgery) VU Psichiatry Hospital Other special. hospitals
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HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION LEVELS IN CASE OF
DISASTER: COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITY LEVELS
COUNTY LEVEL County hospitals
(60) Public Health
Centers (11)
MUNICIPALITY LEVEL Municipality
hospitals (50) Branches of Public
Health Centers (39)
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Emergency services in Lithuania
Fire and Rescue Services Police Ambulance Services / Hospitals
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The Fire and Rescue Services
rescue work protection of
persons and property
first aid at the accident site
transportation of injured from the accident site to assembly area
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The police
Coordination of work of all three emergency services at the accident site
Protection of persons and property
Traffic control Registration of the victims and
bystanders.
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Health services Assessing injured
and setting care priorities
Life saving first aid measures near the accident site and while transporting victims to hospitals
Medical transport Allocation of injured
to different hospitals
63 Ambulance stations/services
265 teams – day time, 210 – night time
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All three services
planning helping with
information to the relatives, public and the mass media
co-operation
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Other services in the relief
operations
See search and rescue Under guidance of Captain
of Klaipeda See-Port Rescue ship “Šakiai”
Air search and rescue 7 helicopters of the
Airforce Center of Aeronautics and
Air Search Emergency
Management Centers under guidance of Crisis Management Center
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Training
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Training
www.acls.kmu.lt
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Training
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Training
EmergoTrain – system, Lithuanian version
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Large scale exercises
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Education, research and training
University studies of medicine at two universities (+1 public health)
Health faculties at five colleges Postgraduate training Exercises Emergency medicine – research
programme at Kaunas University of Medicine
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Organisation of Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Care in Estonia
Provided entirely by Emergency Medical Services with minimal involvement of GPs in rural areas
There is no governmental body regulating the EMS activities nor is there any functioning legal framework governing the area
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Union of Estonian Emergency Medical Services is a nonprofit organisation for EMS professionals (physicians, nurses and EMTs), devoted to quality of emergency medical care by providing training and guidance to its members, consulting the government in questions vital for the development of EMS etc.
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Estonian EMS - resources available
There are 87 EMS teams in 46 geographic locations
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The qualification of EMS teams in Estonia
6 reanimobiles with anaesthesiologist on board (based in Tallinn and Tartu)
40 physician manned ambulances (generalists with training in EM)
41 teams lead by a specialist nurse
All EMS teams consist of 3 members: a doctor or a specialised nurse, a nurse and a driver trained as EMT
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Education and Training Undergraduate medical education
Physicians - Tartu University Nurses - 3 schools (Tallinn, Tartu, Kohtla-Järve)
Specialisation EM physicians in residency progam at Tartu
University Hospital Nurses at Tallinn EMS EMTs at Tallinn and Tartu EMS, Centre of
Disaster Medicine of Tallinn Mustamäe Hospital
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Medical disaster preparedness organisation in Latvia
State level - Ministry of Health Centre of Emergency and Disaster
medicine Operative reserves
District level - responsibility for preparedness
Local level Ambulance Service Hospitals
DM planning – for each level
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Ambulance Services in Latvia
52 Ambulance stations in 70 localization points 173 teams –day time, 143 – night time
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EMS – “ stay and play” concept
EMS teams in Latvia:• IT teams – MD + MD assistant + driver
(53day time/36 night time)• EM teams – MD assistant + driver
(123/110)
• Legislation demand – 2 medical educated persons on each team
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EMS – today
• Lack of co-ordination;• “Border problems”• Management and dispatch problems
(many dispatch “centres”);• Different levels of accessibility of EMH
– Cities 15 minutes– Country side 25-90 min.
• Lack of unitary communication system• Personnel problems• Different EM numbers
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International co-operation(“Disasters do not know borders”)
Catchment area LV-LT
Jelgava- Siauliai
Catchment area LV-EE Valmiera- Pärnu
Neighbouring countries: cross - border co-operation
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Acknowledgements
Mārtiņš Zuteris Raul Adlas Ursel Kedars Ago Kõrgvee
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Thank you!