A LITERATURE REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF NEUROLOGY IN DISASTER MEDICINE

Authors

Dimitrios Lygnos Postgraduate Studies Course on “Global Health-Disaster Medicine”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1465-5919
Georgia-Nektaria Porfyri Postgraduate Studies Course on “Global Health-Disaster Medicine”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Michail Lygnos Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5503-3123

Keywords:

Disaster Medicine, Disasters, Preparedness, Emergencies

Abstract

Disaster Neurology is a branch of disaster medicine, that is, the field of medical expertise that serves
both the provision of health care to survivors and disaster preparedness, through preventive planning, crisis
response and recovery as expressed in the disaster cycle. Recent natural disasters and conflicts around the
world have highlighted the urgent need for neurological care, placing neurological care at the forefront of
medical care delivery. In disaster fields, the need for neurological intervention and care is becoming more
and more imperative. In these, neurologists are called upon to join the response team and function as an
integral part of it by contributing to the management of new diseases and outbreaks of common neurological
disorders. Disaster Neurology is a field more relevant than ever, full of challenges that constantly
attract young doctors from all specialties of neurology.