Experience in Providing Medical Assistance to the Population of the Amur Region Exposed to the Effects of the Flood

• Main Authors: N. L. Tezikov, M. P. Gulevich, N. A. Lipskaya, Yu. A. Natykan, N. N. Korotaeva
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Federal Government Health Institution, Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe” 2014-03-01
• Series: Проблемы особо опасных инфекций
• Subjects: медицинская помощь; пункты временного размещения и длительного пребывания; специфическая профилактика; medical assistance; temporal accommodation sites; long-term stay centers; specific prophylaxis
• Online Access: https://journal.microbe.ru/jour/article/view/103
• ISSN: 0370-1069; 2658-719X

Medical assistance to individuals residing in the flooded areas of the region was delivered on a priority basis throughout the health care institutions on the territorial-division principle, at the temporal accommodation sites, further on - long-term stay centers, 24-hours a day. Determined was the amount of means for specific prophylaxis, immunized was the contingent under risk, stocked up were pharmaceutical preparations, medical products and consumables. Therewith, carried out therapeutic, medical-preventive operations turned out to be on-time and sufficient for providing essential complex of medical assistance to the exposed population in the devastated areas.