Open AccessUpdate in Disaster Rehabilitation
Author(s) -
Fary Khan,
Bhasker Amatya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
american journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-7385
pISSN - 0894-9115
DOI - 10.1097/phm.0000000000001760
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , natural disaster , medicine , disaster medicine , position paper , corporate governance , physical therapy , medical emergency , suicide prevention , poison control , management , pathology , physics , meteorology , economics
Disasters (both natural and man-made) are escalating worldwide, resulting in a significant increase in survivors with complex and long-term disabling injuries. Physical and rehabilitation medicine is integral in disaster management and should be included in all phases of the disaster management continuum, which comprise mitigation/prevention, preparation, response, and recovery phases. This Joel A. DeLisa Lecture was presented on February 11, 2021, at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Scientific Meeting-"Physiatry 21." The lecture highlights the synergistic position of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine and the Disaster Rehabilitation Committee, to provide crucial leadership and governance role in liaison and coordination with the World Health Organization (and other stakeholders), to provide rehabilitation input during future disasters.