Vol. 14 No. 6 (2023): Special Edition: Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2023.14.6

Published: 24-04-2023

Editorial

The Emergency Medical Team Initiative in the Western Pacific Region

Natasha Mamea, Atoa Glenn Fatupaito, Md Anuar bin Abd Samad @ Mahmood, Ridzuan Bin Dato' Mohd Isa, Gaafar Uherbelau, Esther Muña, Shalimar Abdullah, Masniza Mustaffa
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Brief Report

Strengthening health emergency response capacity in Kiribati: establishing the Kiribati Medical Assistance Team (KIRIMAT)

Sean T Casey, Anthony T Cook, May M Ferguson, Erin Noste, Katarake T Mweeka, Tabutoa Eria Rekenibai, Wendy Snowdon
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Localizing health emergency preparedness and response: emergency medical team development and operations in Pacific island countries and areas

Sean T Casey, Erin Noste, Anthony T Cook, Jan-Erik Larsen, Simon Cowie, May M Ferguson, Pierre-Yves Beauchemin
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Tailoring a national emergency medical team training package for Pacific island countries and areas

Erin Elizabeth Noste, Anthony T Cook, Jan-Erik Larsen, Simon Cowie, Sean T Casey
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Modifying routine emergency medical team introductory training to a virtual storytelling (talanoa) format for Pacific island countries and areas

Anthony T Cook, Sean T Casey, Erin Noste
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Developing and maintaining health emergency response capacity: Palau’s national emergency medical team

May Morag Ferguson, Sean T Casey, Wally Omengkar, Gaafar J Uherbelau, Terepkul Ngiraingas, Belinda Eungel
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Lessons from the Field

Developing the Disaster Medical Responder’s Course in Singapore

Jen Heng Pek, Li Juan Joy Quah, Kuan Peng David Teng, Yi Wen Mathew Yeo, Chan Yu Jimmy Lee
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Tonga national emergency medical team response to the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami: the first deployment of the Tonga Emergency Medical Assistance Team (TEMAT)

Siosifa Sifa, Sela Ki Folau Fusi, Sean T Casey, Penisimani Poloniati, Kaloafu Tavo, Yutaro Setoya, 'Ana 'Akauola
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The roles of emergency medical teams in response to Samoa’s 2019 measles outbreak

Sean T Casey, Natasha A Mamea-Maa, Matilda Nofoaiga, Bronte Martin, Kevin A Henshall, Melissa Fidow, Durgavasini Devanath, Lepaitai B Hansell, Glen Fatupaito
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Equipping Pacific emergency medical teams for self-sufficient health emergency response in remote and resource-limited island settings

Pierre-Yves Beauchemin, Erin E Noste, Jan-Erik Larsen, Sean T Casey
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Challenges of establishing an emergency medical team in Papua New Guinea

Ulysses Oli, Rose Hosea, B Priya Lakshmy T Balasubramaniam, Freda Timbi, Gary Nou
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Regional Analysis

Emergency medical teams in WHO’s Western Pacific Region

Sean T Casey, Erin E Noste, Anthony T Cook, David Muscatello, David James Heslop
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