2018 Volume 74 Issue 5 Pages I_141-I_154
This study aimed to find out the improvements in the transportation of the international medical relief equipment which is deployed in large scale disasters. A comparative situation analysis was conducted focusing on the type and geographic characteristics of disasters, the duration of the transportation, the commencing date of the medical services, and the utilization situation of the relief equipment in the field. The result showed that the bottleneck at the international airports of the disaster affected countries. In case of the disruption of the road infrastructure, the high priority medical items were transported by the small aircrafts. This study pointed out (a) the proper transportation of the equipment in accordance with the types of disasters, (b) the reduction in size and weight of the packing, (c) the proper selection of the relief equipment appropriate to disasters, (d) standardization and preposition of the relief equipment, and (e) the logistics support by the country which accepts the international disaster relief.
