AMAZING ISRAEL: SAVING LIVES ABROAD
Tonight Sheba Medical Center will send its first response delegation to Zambia.The situation in Zambia is difficult due to cholera .
The team from Sheba includes prof. Elhanan Bar-on, prof Eli Schwartz and Mr. Moshe Hagai the water engineer from Sheba. They will evaluate the situation and report back to Israel about the needs there.
The Israel Center for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Response,Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
Mass casualty events, natural disasters and humanitarian crises around the world necessitate
Effective and expert preparedness and immediate response to minimize human suffering.
This type of precision response requires experienced emergency medical teams,
Logistic support and assertive crisis leadership.
The Israel Center for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Response at Sheba Medical Center was established in 2017 by highly experienced specialists in this field to lead the charge in preparing and responding to global humanitarian crises and emergencies.
Through a strategic combination of teaching, training, operational deployment and research, the Israel Center for Humanitarian, Emergency and Disaster Medicine is spearheading a comprehensive curriculum for responding to mass casualty incidents to share worldwide.
Humanitarian aid has been a part of Sheba Medical Center’s mission since its establishment in 1948. Over the years, we have initiated successful projects in all fields of medicine, and have collaborated with national and international organizations in underserved regions. These projects include improvement in patient care, bringing complex patients for treatment back to Sheba, and training local personnel on site.
Vast Experience in Emergency and Humanitarian Crisis Response in Israel and Abroad
With vast proficiency in responding to mass casualty incidents following terror attacks in Israel, Sheba Medical Center has a long history of operating during wartime circumstances treating both military and civilian casualties.
Our staff is highly experienced with multiple worldwide deployments following natural and manmade disasters with the Israel Defense Force Medical Corps field hospitals and other organizations.
Our experts have also performed numerous missions in varied humanitarian aid projects in underserved regions worldwide.
This year teams have already performed several humanitarian missions including:
Surgical teams in Tanzania:
November 2017: Dr. Danny Rosin, Dr. Harel Jacoby and Dr. Chaya Shwartz.
Surgery for children with congenital heart defects in Nigeria:September 2017: Dr. David Mishali and team
Neurosurgery in Niger:
July/August 2017: Dr. Roberto Spiegelmann
Otolaryngology (Head & Neck surgery) in Mongolia:
May 2017: Dr. Eran Alon
And these are the missions we currently have planned:
Rehabilitation in Ukraine
27 Nov – 6 Dec 2017: Physiotherapy, Mr. Hanania Sharon and nurse Dafna Grosberg.
Pediatric Community Medicine in Papua New Guinea: 6-17 December 2017: Prof. Asher Barzilai and Prof. Naty Keller.
Cataract surgery in Papua New Guinea:
24 Jan – 11 Feb 2018: Ophthalmology teams: Dr. Eva Pletner and Dr. Alon Skaat. Nursing teams: Mr. Murssi Amash, Ms. Ksenia Yadgarov and Mr Chen Pasternak.
In addition, many children from the Palestinian authority and Syria have come to Sheba to receive sophisticated care for complex cardiac, oncologic and immunological disorders.
Fully-Equipped Facility and Innovative Resources
The Center is strategically located in Sheba Medical Center. As the largest medical center in the Middle East, Sheba is equipped with a full array of medical and paramedical personnel, auxiliary support facilities and logistic capabilities.
A global pioneer in the field of medical simulation, Sheba houses the Israel Center for Medical Simulation (MSR) used in our training. This world-renowned simulation center has introduced new standards and innovative approaches to health care training and patient safety education by employing advanced simulation-based training modalities that enable healthcare providers to effectively improve their clinical and communication skills.
Precision Teaching and Training
Devoted to the highest standards of medical excellence, the Center trains medical teams and incident managers in mass casualty incidents, disaster scenarios and austere environments. This includes technical training and adaptation to different physical and cultural environments, which can be easily replicated in hosting countries for more efficient on-site training.
This year we have trained several teams from China and our teams have carried out training programs in emergency preparedness and mass casualty event management for teams in Turkmenistan, France and Switzerland.
Our faculty includes experts from Sheba Medical Center as well as national experts from various government ministries and agencies, IDF, EMS organizations and independent expert consultants.
Operational Deployment Capability
The Center will develop the capability to deploy medical teams to areas of emergency and disaster situations. These deployed teams will include ambulatory care clinics as well as field hospitals with capabilities of hospitalization and emergency surgical treatment. The teams will work either independently, or in collaboration with local medical teams to provide care in the acute phase of the disaster as well as continued quality care during the rehabilitation phase.
Pursuit of Life-Saving Research and Innovation
In affiliation with Tel Aviv University’s School of Medicine and collaboration with other academic institutions in Israel and worldwide, the Center will actively conduct research in the fields of disaster and emergency medicine. This research includes clinical and epidemiologic studies as well as development in technical aspects of preparedness and operation in harsh environments. In addition, the center will collaborate with the Innovation Center in Sheba to develop and pursue novel projects and techniques to improve patient care and incident management in these complex scenarios.
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