There is a significant need for orthopaedic care in developing countries. For the past 10 years, the United States Army has supported annual orthopaedic hand surgery humanitarian missions to Honduras. The goal of this article is to compare the pre-mission planning to the realities of mission execution to provide a template for future missions. Pre-mission planning began 1 year before the mission. Based on previous missions, supplies were brought for 50 surgical cases. The mission began with 1 preoperative clinic day followed by 8 operative days and 1 postoperative clinic day. Of the 99 pre- screened patients, 65 were indicated for surgery. A total of 58 surgeries were performed using innovative methods to stretch available supplies. A multidisciplinary and multi-nation concerted effort is required for a successful humanitarian medical mission. A pre-mission plan is critical prior to arrival and a contingency plan must be in place for missing mission-critical items.
Do Plans and Execution Agree in a Humanitarian Medical Mission
2011
8 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Clinical Medicine , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Humanitarian assistance , Orthopedics , Surgery , Security , Delay , Patients , Military planning , Physicians , Shortages , Hands , Sterilization , Medical supplies , Honduras , Training , Military supplies , Military forces(United states) , Reprints , Hand surgery , Humanitarian missions , Medrete(Medical readiness training exercises) , Host nation support , Mission critical supplies , Limitations
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