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ArticleCritical care explorations2023

Providing Remote Aid During a Humanitarian Crisis.

Lewis J Kaplan, Scott Levin, Jay Yelon, Jeremy M Cannon, Samir Mehta, Patrick M Reilly, Stephen J Kovach, Derek J Donegan, Kierstyn Claycomb, Maisie Savchenko-Fullerton and 11 more

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Article in Critical care explorations, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Lewis J KaplanDivision of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Scott LevinDepartment of Orthopedics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Jay YelonDivision of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Jeremy M CannonDivision of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Samir MehtaDepartment of Orthopedics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Patrick M ReillyDivision of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Stephen J KovachDivision of Plastic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Derek J DoneganDepartment of Orthopedics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Kierstyn ClaycombPenn Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Maisie Savchenko-FullertonRapid Aid Liaison Group, Barvy, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.
Evhen FilonenkoDepartment of Orthopedics, Vinnytsia Regional Pirogov Clinical Hospital, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
Vyacheslav MaikoDepartment of Orthopedics, Vinnytsia Regional Pirogov Clinical Hospital, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
Roman KuzmovDepartment of Orthopedics, Vinnytsia Regional Pirogov Clinical Hospital, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
Yaroslav RadegaDepartment of Orthopedics, Vinnytsia Regional Pirogov Clinical Hospital, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
Viktor PashinskiyDepartment of Orthopedics, Vinnytsia Regional Pirogov Clinical Hospital, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
Yuriy Yurievich DemyanDepartment of Orthopedics, Zakarpattia Oblast Children's Hospital, Mukachevo, Ukraine.
Petro PleshaDepartment of Orthopedics, Zakarpattia Oblast Children's Hospital, Mukachevo, Ukraine.
Yuriy DemyanDepartment of Orthopedics, Zakarpattia Oblast Children's Hospital, Mukachevo, Ukraine.
Dmytro VinnytskiyDepartment of Orthopedics, Zakarpattia Oblast Children's Hospital, Mukachevo, Ukraine.
Glen N GaultonDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Patrick J BrennanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Humanitarian crises create opportunities for both in-person and remote aid. Durable, complex, and team-based care may leverage a telemedicine approach for comprehensive support within a conflict zone. Barriers and enablers are detailed, as is the need for mission expansion due to initial program success. Adapting a telemedicine program initially designed for critical care during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic offers a solution to data transfer and data analysis issues. Staffing efforts and grouped elements of patient care detail the kinds of remote aid that are achievable. A multiprofessional team-based approach (clinical, administrative, nongovernmental organization, government) can provide comprehensive consultation addressing surgical planning, critical care management, infection and infection control management, and patient transfer for complex care. Operational and network security create parallel concerns relevant to avoid geolocation and network intrusion during consultation. Deliberate approaches to address cultural differences that influence relational dynamics are also essential for mission success.

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conflictdisasterhumanitarian aidsurgical telementoringtelemedicine

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PMID38304707
PMCPMC10833625

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