READINESS SURGERY DEPARTMENT IN MANAGING EMERGENCY CASES DUE TO DISASTER IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA
Iwan Darmawan Ma^mur1, Nurbaiti Nazarudin2

1Departemen Bedah Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani-Rumah Sakit Dustira, 2Departemen Telinga Hidung Tenggorok-Bedah Kepala Leher Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani-Rumah Sakit Dustira

Abstract

Indonesia, which is located at the confluence of the Eurasia plate and the IndoAustralian plate, is an area with a large potential for earthquakes, besides that, with a large number of volcanoes plus high rainfall, the potential threat of disaster is also very large. Disaster is an event or series of events that threatens and disrupts the life and livelihood of the community which is caused either by natural factors and / or non-natural factors as well as human factors, resulting in human casualties, environmental damage, property loss, and psychological impact. This literature review reviews the literature on the readiness of the surgical department in handling emergency cases due to disasters in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is to provide an overview of the General Surgeons Association (PABI) as the parent organization of general surgeons in Indonesia in dealing with disasters, especially during a pandemic. Surgeons as part of the community with special expertise are responsible for responding to every disaster event, especially with the problem of handling victims. Based on the 10 principles of disaster management and mass casualties, it is hoped that it will reduce the worse impact on disaster victims. In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, several handling modifications must be carried out without reducing the ability and speed of handling victims and not increasing the risk to health workers, especially surgeons involved in handling victims. Internal surgery training, internal hospital training and integrated training between agencies, both small and large scale, are the keys to the success of handling disaster victims.

Keywords: surgeon, disaster, emergency case, covid-19 pandemic

Topic: Clinical Practice in Pandemic Era