Table 2 Comparison of health services between disaster relief and peace/war time
From: Organization and implementation of mass medical rescue after an earthquake
Item | Medical support in disaster relief | Peace-time health service | War-time health service |
|---|---|---|---|
Military background | Emergent state of peace time | Routine state of peace-time | At war |
Environment condition | Location of event | Location of training and daily activity | Battle field |
Functions | Fighting team, supporting team | Supporting team | Supporting team |
Organizing and commanding | Military/local government/military and civil combination/United Nations | Military | Military |
Health service forces | Mainly with mobile health service forces | Scaled and local health service forces | Mainly with mobile health service forces |
Medical evacuation | On-location first aid, treatment at early stage, specialized treatment | Medical evacuation | Battlefield first aid, emergent treatment, early stage treatment, specialized treatment |