A three-day regional collaboration drill draws more than 200 members of s (EMTs) from 10 ASEAN countries and Japan to test medical response to disasters. (Photo: Bao )Hanoi (VNA) – A three-day
beginning on March 26 at Hoa Xuan Stadium in the
central city of Da Nang drew more than 200 members of emergency medical teams
(EMTs) from 10 ASEAN countries and Japan to test medical response to disasters.
The drill challenged
participants to respond to a ‘super typhoon’ with wind speeds of 200km per hour
sweeping central provinces from Thua Thien-Hue to Quang Ngai, killing 500
people and wounding 800 others. In the training scenario, dozens of living
quarters were isolated and nearly 10,000 victims were taken to hospitals.
ASEAN countries then
responded to a call for help from Vietnam through the ASEAN Coordinating Centre
for Humanitarian Assistance and were sent to
disaster-hit areas in Vietnam with air cargo containing logistics and medical
equipment.
The drill tested three regional and two provincial medical
coordination centres in which EMTs received and provided first aid and medical
services for victims who were then transferred to higher-level health providers
if necessary. The EMTs also evaluated medical needs in storm-hit villages.
Vietnam and other ASEAN states have proactively
joined in the project on strengthening the ASEAN regional capacity on disaster
health management since 2015.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
