Study On The Health Service Support During The Army Division Participating In Disaster Assistance About Flood And Waterlogging

A exceptionally serious flood in history occurred along the Yangzi River, Lenjiang River and Songhua River in China in the summer of 1998. The PLA troops and the Armed Police rush forward the anti-flood front; more than 8000 public health personnel were sent to the front to follow-up support. The study was the constituent part of the research of health service support about disaster assistance charged by the Medical Department of General Logistics Department, PLA. The main purpose was to put forward the practical measure about health service support in anti- flood campaign through the study of features and pattern on health service support. Some units and armymen, including Xth infantry division, 1061 armymen, Medical Department of Military Region of Guangzhou, Wuhan General Military Hospital, and the Anti- schistosomosis I-Jospital of 1-Ionghu, were investigated by author. The data were analyzed by Logistic regression, and the result were believed to have significance (p< 0.05). The result suggested: (1 )The construction of disease in armymen taking part in anti-flood is different from peacetime and wartime; (2)The disease of natural infectious focus is some different in different area; (3)There were some special requirement to medical supplies support under anti-flood condition, and the support pattern in wartime can抰 be used mechanically. (4)The stress in anti-epidemic prevention should he put on drinking water hygiene, anti梙eat stroke, and the trcatmcnt of intestinal inlectiotts disease and the disease of natural infectious focus, (5)mid-medical treating unit can be established when rear hospital is more distant from troops. Moreover, the countermeasures and advice were put forward about medical support, anti-epidemic prevention, estimate of -2- medical resources, medical evacuation system, and the definition of concept about sick and wounded patients during peacetime, et al.