Centro Brasileiro de Resposta a Desastres e Saúde Operacional: uma estratégia interministerial

Abstract

The increasing number of natural and anthropogenic disasters, such as terrorism, has required the performance of highly specialized professionals in trauma care, in addition to efficient coordination between all actors, civil and military, of the response actions to this type of event , in which the existence of multiple victims is a constant. Operational Health primarily involves medical response in military operations, both in peacetime and in conflict situations, including peace operations, humanitarian operations, and response to man-made disasters and accidents. Through the study of the evolution of Operational Health within the Ministry of Defense, as well as the current situation of activity in the Armed Forces, this work seeks to verify to what extent to which the creation of a National Center for Disaster Response and Operational Health, of inter-ministerial character and based on the best practices of medical simulation in trauma, can increase expertise, fill capacity gaps and ensure effective interoperability between all institutional actors involved in events in which the medical response to accidents with multiple victims is necessary, whether they are in the context of military operations or natural and anthropogenic disasters.