Rescue and emergency management of a man-made disaster: Lesson learnt from a collapse factory building, Bangladesh

Biswas, Animesh,1978-Örebro universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin,Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh; WHO Collaborating Centre On Community Safety Promotion, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (author)

Rescue and emergency management of a man-made disaster : Lesson learnt from a collapse factory building, Bangladesh

A tragic disaster occurred on April 24, 2013, in Bangladesh, when a nine storied building in a suburban area collapsed and killed 1115 people and injured many more. The study describes the process of rescue operation and emergency management services provided in the event. Data were collected using qualitative methods including in-depth interviews and a focus group discussion with the involved medical students, doctors, volunteers, and local people. Immediately after the disaster, rescue teams came to the place from Bangladesh Armed Forces, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force, and Dhaka Metropolitan and local Police and doctors, medical students, and nurses from nearby medical college hospitals and private hospitals and students from colleges and universities including local civil people. Doctors and medical students provided 24-hour services at the disaster place and in hospitals. Minor injured patients were treated at health camps and major injured patients were immediately carried to nearby hospital. Despite the limitations of a low resource setting, Bangladesh faced a tremendous challenge to manage the man-made disaster and experienced enormous support from different sectors of society to manage the disaster carefully and saved thousands of lives. This effort could help to develop a standard emergency management system applicable to Bangladesh and other counties with similar settings. Â© 2015 Animesh Biswas et al.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology hsv//eng
air force; ambulance transportation; army; Article; Bangladesh; blood donor; disaster; disaster victim; emergency care; emergency health service; health care facility; human; information processing; injury; interview; major clinical study; medical school; medical student; navy; nurse; patient referral; police; private hospital; qualitative analysis; rescue personnel; social media; society; structure collapse; student; suburban area; university hospital; volunteer; wound; wound care; emergency; rescue work
Bangladesh; Disasters; Emergencies; Emergency Medical Services; Humans; Rescue Work; Structure Collapse

Rahman, A.Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh (author)
Mashreky, S. R.Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh (author)
Humaira, T.Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh (author)
Dalal, KoustuvÖrebro universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin(Swepub:oru)kdl (author)
Örebro universitetInstitutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin (creator_code:org_t)

In:Scientific World JournalNew York, USA : Hindawi Publishing Corporation20152356-61401537-744X

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