Minimum technical standards and recommendations for traumatic brain injury specialist rehabilitation teams in sudden-onset disasters (for Disaster Rehabilitation Committee special session) (Abstract)

Abstract

Introduction/Background: Sudden-onset disasters (SODs) result in increased number of survivors with complex and long-term disabling injuries, including traumatic brain injury (TBI) that warrants comprehensive specialist rehabilitation. This presentation highlights the minimum technical standards required for specialised TBI rehabilitation teams and their integration into WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) to facilitate comprehensive management of TBI survivors in disaster settings. Material and method: A team of medical rehabilitation physicians from the Royal Melbourne Hospital conducted a comprehensive review of literature for TBI management, based on the WHO core-guidelines for ‘Minimum t..