A STUDY ON TELEMEDICINE AND ITS IMPORTANCE DURING DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN NORTH EASTERN REGION

Abhishek Chaturvedi; Junior Sundresh

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

A STUDY ON TELEMEDICINE AND ITS IMPORTANCE DURING DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN NORTH EASTERN REGION

Abhishek Chaturvedi, Junior Sundresh

Abstract :

During disaster at any remote location there is always an overall lack of resources to cater to increased demand for healthcare services. But if a team consisting of healthcare provider at remote location could consult experts in another region, without having to travel physically, effects of disaster can be minimised by saving life and limbs. Telemedicine can play a vital role in relief operations. Telemedicine describes the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients� health status and care. Specialists can successfully provide remote triage and treatment consultation to victims in landlocked areas during disaster management through telediagnosis and teleradiology. Appropriate new telemedicine applications can improve future disaster management outcomes, based on lessons learned from civilian and military disaster telemedicine deployments. Emergency care providers must begin to plan effectively to utilize disaster specific telemedicine applications to improve future outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify telemedicine applications in disaster in remote location of North East Region during disasters situations. The literature was searched for using of telemedicine in disaster and remote places with the help of liaries, conference proceedings, data bank, and also search engines available at Google.