Consultant Orthopaedist with the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps and at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Disasters. 2014 Oct;38(4):833-45. doi: 10.1111/disa.12074.
A field hospital overseas requires various types of communication equipment. This study presents the communications equipment used by three Israeli field hospital delegations to earthquake sites at Adapazari, Turkey, in 1999, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2010 and Minamisanriku, Japan, in 2011. The delegations to Turkey and Haiti were relatively large (105-230 personnel) and were on the site early (three to four days after each event). The 55-person delegation to Japan arrived later and was established as an outpatient community hospital. Standard military VHF radios were the only effective tool up to 5 km, until cellular coverage was regained (1-2 weeks after each event). International communication was good. While short-wave communication (telephone and Internet) was used in Turkey, a direct satellite channel was set up in Haiti. In Japan, BGAN Inmarsat provided efficient Wi-Fi for all needs. Motorola walkie talkies were not efficient beyond the immediate vicinity. This paper recommends continued use of military-specification equipment alongside newer modalities, particularly in situations where infrastructure is damaged.
海外战地医院需要各种类型的通信设备。本研究介绍了 2011 年日本三陆灾区、2010 年海地太子港和 1999 年土耳其阿达帕扎里地震现场的三个以色列战地医院代表团使用的通信设备。赴土耳其和海地的代表团规模较大（105-230 人），并且在震后三天至四天内就抵达灾区。2011 年赴日本的 55 人代表团抵达较晚，建立了一家门诊社区医院。标准军用甚高频无线电直到恢复蜂窝网络覆盖（震后一至两周）前在 5 公里范围内是唯一有效的工具。国际通信良好。虽然在土耳其使用了短波通信（电话和互联网），但在海地设立了直接卫星信道。在日本，国际移动卫星组织的 BGAN 提供了所有需求的高效 Wi-Fi。摩托罗拉对讲机在附近以外的地方效率不高。本文建议在基础设施受损的情况下，继续使用军用规格的设备和更新的模式。
