On 9 July 2018, the School of Medicine at MFU held a seminar on Trauma Center Development and Mass Casualties/Disaster Management in collaboration with the Embassy of Israel at the M-Square building.
The Dean of the School of Medicine, Lt. Gen Emeritus Prof. Dr. Nopadol Wora-Urai, said that the purpose of this seminar was to provide knowledge and experience about mass casualty incidents to medical staff, and students from MFU, and other medical institutes in Chiang Rai. The seminar also enabled participants to learn and apply mass casualty incident procedures for practical use. There was a series of interesting presentations about hospital preparedness for mass casualty incidents, mass casualty situation from the medical aspect and a table top exercise simulating a mass casualty incident presented by Israeli experts Dr. Odeda Benin-Goren, Dr.Nimrod Aviran and Mr. Ram Nechemia respectively.
Furthermore, there was a disaster/mass casualty incident management rehearsal session for medical personnel so they would know how and what they have to in the real situations in order to ensure the best result especially in the case of patient evacuation as a result of an earthquake or the collapse of buildings.
Altogether, MFU has made a great effort into providing the opportunity for medical personnel to prepare themselves to deal with mass casualty incidents and disasters so that patients will be taken care of effectively and efficiently.
