On September 17, the first Harvard advanced disaster medicine training class was held at Tianjin University. Professor Ciottone, Director of Department of Disaster Medicine in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Dr. Molloy and other experts in the field of disaster medicine has brought insightful and exciting courses to 58 of China’s elites from across the country. Xiao Songshan, Assistant to the President of Tianjin University, Li Zhenyu, Party Secretary of the School of Distance and Continuing Education, Professor Hou Shike, Dean of the Academy of Disaster Medicine at Tianjin University and Fan Haojun, Deputy Dean of the Academy attended the opening ceremony.

Xiao Songshan Made a Speech

Hou Shike introduced the training course

Theory teaching

After a brief ceremony, Professor Ciottone, President of The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, began the introductory course on disaster medicine. Over the next four days, American experts will give several theoretical lectures and practical activities, covering various disasters including: earthquake, flood, , man-made, explosions,, terrorist,, radiation, chemical, and biological.. The courses will include disaster medical response, site disaster medicine, EMS disaster operation, community disaster prevention, disaster planning - dangerous vulnerability analysis, hospital preparation, desktop deduction, construction surge capacity, personal protective equipment, command and control, site safety, search and rescue, communication, operation and logistics, interagency response, disaster triage, mass casualties, hazardous goods quarantine, decontamination and, EMS tactics. .

On-site communication

It has been widely reported that with the rapid growth of the world’s population and the speedy upgrading of industrialization, the globe is getting warmer, leading to the increasingly frequent occurrences of various natural and man-made disasters. The current forms of disaster have not only brought great harm to people, but also brought great challenges to medical rescue workers. With a world-leading hospital management system and strong foundation in teaching, research and training, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Harvard Medical School has become a global leader in disaster medicine. The disaster medicine elite courses take the best from 29 subjects of the entire course system in Harvard disaster training courses and will spread the advanced disaster medicine idea to the Chinese peers.

By: Deng Xiaoxuan

Editors: Harlan Haverback, Sun Xiaofang