Emergency Medical Services Preparedness in Dual Disasters: War in the Era of COVID-19 in Armenia.
Christina Ann WoodwardAttila Julius HertelendyAlexander HartAmalia VoskanyanHakob HarutyunyanAnushavan VirabyanArtak MukhaelyanSelwyn E MahonFadi S IssaMohd Syafwan AdnanTaguhi StepanyanGregory R CiottonePublished in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2022)
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and simultaneous 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, EMS physicians in Armenia had limited training and experience in Disaster Medicine. This system, and the frontline physicians on whom it relies, was strained by the dual disaster, highlighting the need for Disaster Medicine training in all prehospital medical providers.