Injuries and surgical needs of children in conflict and disaster: From Boston to Haiti and beyond

• 2015

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• Maeve Trudeau; David Rothstein
PMID: 26831135DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2015.09.006

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This article discusses the comprehensive care of patients in conflict and disaster, emphasizing the coordination required among medical, social, and public health agencies. Pediatric patients in these settings are particularly vulnerable, facing challenges such as disrupted social networks, separation from family, and inadequate surgical care. Despite increased attention to the global surgical burden, the needs of pediatric surgical patients often go unrecognized. Recent disasters have highlighted the significant proportion of pediatric patients affected, underscoring the urgent need to address the surgical requirements of children in conflict and disaster situations worldwide.

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Focus Areas: Trauma; Violence

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Nurses; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stages: Mitigation; Response

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Child Health; Comprehensive Health Care; Developing Countries; Disasters; Health Services Needs and Demand; Wounds and Injuries; Developed Countries; Global Health; Warfare and Armed Conflicts

Institutions: University of Toronto; Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo; State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

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