Telecommunications in Israeli field hospitals deployed to three crisis zones
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4969320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aharon S Finestone (0000-0003-1956-5557, Consultant Orthopaedist with the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps and at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine Tel Aviv University Israel), Gadi Levy (Head of the Medical Informatics Branch in the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps Israel), Yaron Bar‐dayan (Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva Israel) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 833-845 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/disa.12074 |
| PMID | 25196339 |
| OpenAlex | W2144138596 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
A field hospital overseas requires various types of communication equipment. This study presents the communications equipment used by three Israeli field hospital delegations to earthquake sites at Adapazari, Turkey, in 1999, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2010 and Minamisanriku, Japan, in 2011. The delegations to Turkey and Haiti were relatively large (105-230 personnel) and were on the site early (three to four days after each event). The 55-person delegation to Japan arrived later and was established as an outpatient community hospital. Standard military VHF radios were the only effective tool up to 5 km, until cellular coverage was regained (1-2 weeks after each event). International communication was good. While short-wave communication (telephone and Internet) was used in Turkey, a direct satellite channel was set up in Haiti. In Japan, BGAN Inmarsat provided efficient Wi-Fi for all needs. Motorola walkie talkies were not efficient beyond the immediate vicinity. This paper recommends continued use of military-specification equipment alongside newer modalities, particularly in situations where infrastructure is damaged
Business · Communications satellite · Computer security · Delegation · Hotline · Medical emergency · Political science · Port (circuit theory · Satellite · Telecommunications · The Internet · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · Medicine · Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |