Pharmacy Services in Disasters

Abstract

Disasters can be defined as nature, technology, or human-induced events that cause physical, economic, and social losses for the whole or certain segments of society. These events stop or interrupt normal life and human activities, revealing insufficiencies in the affected society’s coping capacity. The first response to disasters is local. In some cases, it may take days or even weeks for aid to reach the disaster area. Therefore, it is very important to have a community disaster response plan for disasters and emergencies. Disaster response plans prepared for disasters and emergencies should include detailed mitigation, disaster preparedness, disaster response, rehabilitation, and recovery activities. Pharmacists have great responsibilities in increasing the effectiveness of disaster response plans in which government, non-governmental organizations, and private sector take part. Pharmacists should be supported to perform their duties in disasters and emergencies, and they should be encouraged to take part in disaster response plans and medical rescue teams. The purpose of this review is to provide up-to-date information in the professional standards and guidelines published by the International Pharmaceutical Federation for man-made or natural disasters to pharmacists who are interested in the field of disaster and emergency pharmacy.

Keywords

• Disaster response plan
• disaster and emergency pharmacy
• community pharmacy
• pharmacy services

Afetlerde Eczacılık Hizmetleri

Abstract

Afetler; toplumun tamamı veya belli kesimleri için fiziksel, ekonomik ve sosyal kayıplara yol açan doğa, teknoloji veya insan kaynaklı olaylar olarak tanımlanabilir. Bu olaylar, normal yaşamı ve insan faaliyetlerini durdurur veya kesintiye uğratır, etkilenen toplumun başa çıkma kapasitesindeki yetersizlikleri ortaya çıkarır. Afetlerde ilk müdahale yereldir. Afet bölgesine yardımların ulaşması bazı durumlarda günler hatta haftalar sürebilir. Bu nedenle afet ve acil durumlara yönelik bir toplum afet müdahale planının olması çok önemlidir. Afet ve acil durumlara yönelik hazırlanan afet müdahale planları; zarar azaltma, afete hazırlık, afet yanıtı, rehabilitasyon ve yeniden yapılanma aktivitelerini ayrıntılı bir şekilde içermelidir. Kamu kurumları, sivil toplum kuruluşları ve özel sektörün rol aldığı afet müdahale planlarının etkinliğinin arttırılmasında ilgili alanlarda eczacılara büyük sorumluluklar düşmektedir. Eczacılık mesleği mensuplarının afet ve acil durumlarda görevlerini icra etmeleri desteklenmeli ve afet müdahale planlarında ve medikal kurtarma ekiplerinde yer almalarının önü açılmalıdır. Bu derlemenin amacı, insan kaynaklı veya doğal afetler gibi olağanüstü durumlar için Uluslararası Eczacılık Federasyonu tarafından yayınlanan mesleki standartlar ve kılavuzlardaki güncel bilgileri afet ve acil durum eczacılığı alanına ilgi duyan eczacılara sunmaktır.

Keywords

• Afet müdahale planı
• afet ve acil durum eczacılığı
• toplum eczacılığı
• eczacılık hizmetleri

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