Lijecnicki vjesnik 2023;145(1-2)
Conclusions of the Symposium Disaster Medicine – Are We Ready?
Josip Žunić, Bruno Baršić, Ino Husedžinović, Željko Sutlić, Nenad Karanović, Višnja Nesek-Adam, Lucija Svetina, Veljko Vukić, Željko Grahek, Stanislav Frančišković-Bilinski, Hrvoje Cvitanović, Ivana Kovačić, Igor Salopek, Dražen Tufeković, Mario Vrabac, Samija Ropar, Dejan Mačinković, Marina Pavletić, Ana Tancabel Mačinković, Ivana Žitinić
Abstract
Dear Mr. Editor-in-Chief, the multidisciplinary symposium Medicine in circumstances of disasters - are we ready was held in Karlovac on November 25, 2022. ( 1 ) His goal was to gain a better insight into the issue of health care in the circumstances of disasters with special emphasis on the situation in Croatia. The readiness of the healthcare system in the event of disasters, the importance of mathematical modeling and resource planning, the organization of the system during the Homeland War and the COVID-19 pandemic, and the education and readiness of our healthcare workers were discussed. A detailed description of all roads with possible damage (landslides and other) and detours, bridges and helicopter landing areas is required.