International Rehabilitation Forum - Emergency Rehabilitation Work Group, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
J Rehabil Med. 2011 Nov;43(11):965-8. doi: 10.2340/16501977-0890.
This special report presents the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) Liaison Sub-Committee on Rehabilitation Disaster Relief (CRDR) of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) in developing an enhanced physical rehabilitation relief response to large-scale natural disasters. The CRDR has stated that disaster rehabilitation is an emerging subspecialty within physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM). In reviewing the existing literature it was found that large natural disasters result in many survivors with disabling impairments, that these survivors may have better clinical outcomes when they are treated by PRM physicians and teams of rehabilitation professionals, that the delivery of these rehabilitation services to disaster sites is complicated, and that their absence can result in significant negative consequences for individuals, communities and society. To advance its agenda, the CRDR sponsored an inaugural Symposium on Rehabilitation Disaster Relief as a concurrent scientific session at the 2011 ISPRM 6th World Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The symposium included oral and poster presentations on a range of relevant topics and concluded with an international non-governmental organization panel discussion that addressed the critical question "How can rehabilitation actors coordinate better in disaster?" Building upon the symposium, the CRDR is developing a disaster rehabilitation evidence-base, which will inform and educate the global professional rehabilitation community about needs and best practices in disaster rehabilitation. The Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (JRM) has commissioned this special report to announce a series of papers on disaster rehabilitation from the symposium's scientific programme. Authors are invited to submit papers on the topic for inclusion in this special series. JRM also encourages expert commentary in the form of Letters to the Editor.
本特别报告介绍了世界卫生组织（WHO）联络小组委员会康复灾难救援（CRDR）在制定大规模自然灾害强化物理康复救援反应方面的作用，该小组委员会是国际物理与康复医学学会（ISPRM）的一个分支机构。CRDR 已经指出，灾难康复是物理康复医学（PRM）内的一个新兴亚专科。在回顾现有文献时发现，大型自然灾害会导致许多幸存者出现致残性损伤，这些幸存者如果由 PRM 医生和康复专业人员团队进行治疗，可能会有更好的临床结果，向灾区提供这些康复服务很复杂，如果没有这些服务，可能会对个人、社区和社会造成重大负面影响。为了推进其议程，CRDR 赞助了第一届康复灾难救援研讨会，作为 2011 年在波多黎各圣胡安举行的第 6 届 ISPRM 世界大会的同期科学会议。该研讨会包括关于一系列相关主题的口头和海报演讲，最后进行了一个国际非政府组织小组讨论，讨论了一个关键问题：“康复行动者如何在灾难中更好地协调？”在此基础上，CRDR 正在开发一个灾难康复证据基础，该基础将向全球专业康复界介绍灾难康复方面的需求和最佳实践，并对其进行教育。《康复医学杂志》（JRM）委托本特别报告宣布从研讨会科学计划中选出的一系列灾难康复论文。作者受邀提交有关该主题的论文，以纳入这一特别系列。JRM 还鼓励以编辑信件的形式提供专家评论。
