TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Tractor ambulance: an initiative of emergency medical services response to the flood of Golestan, Iran in 2019
JO  - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
A1  - Sarani, Moslem
A1  - Safi-Keykaleh, Meysam
A1  - Safarpour, Hamid
A1  - Honarvar, Mohammad Reza
A1  - Kalteh, Ehsan
A1  - Jahangiri, Katayoun
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Heavy rains in March 2019 led to severe floods in large parts of Iran, with severe financial and physical casualties (in the Golestan province, 11 districts were trapped in water). An increase in the EMS missions while serving a big portion of the needed population was a big problem for the health system during the flood; Therefore, a new solution was needed to overcome this problem. Using a farm tractor for transporting the patients and injured people was the first relief experience ever documented in the whole country. In the present report, despite the limitations and challenges, the tractor has been shown to be a proper and effective disaster relief vehicle. This report could help other similar countries face disasters, especially floods.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1935-7893
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.22
ID  - ref1
ER  -