• Prehosp Disaster Med · Sep 2006

    Disaster healthcare system management and crisis intervention leadership in Thailand--lessons learned from the 2004 Tsunami disaster.

    • Rami Peltz, Issac Ashkenazi, Dagan Schwartz, Ofer Shushan, Guy Nakash, Adi Leiba, Yeheskel Levi, Avishay Goldberg, and Yaron Bar-Dayan.
    • Israeli Defense Forces Home Front Command.
    • Prehosp Disaster Med. 2006 Sep 1;21(5):299-302.

    IntroductionQuarantelli established criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of disaster management.ObjectivesThe objectives of this study were to analyze the response of the healthcare system to the Tsunami disaster according to the Quarantelli principles, and to validate these principles in a scenario of a disaster due to natural hazards.MethodsThe Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Home Front Command Medical Department sent a research team to study the response of the Thai medical system to the disaster. The analysis of the disaster management was based on Quarantelli's 10 criteria for evaluating the management of community disasters. Data were collected through personal and group interviews.ResultsThe three most important elements for effective disaster management were: (1) the flow of information; (2) overall coordination; and (3) leadership. Although pre-event preparedness was for different and smaller scenarios, medical teams repeatedly reported a better performance in hospitals that recently conducted drills.ConclusionsIn order to increase effectiveness, disaster management response should focus on: (1) the flow of information; (2) overall coordination; and (3) leadership.

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