First responders from around the world are being deployed to Myanmar and Thailand to assist in the recovery efforts following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that has already claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people and devastated the infrastructure of both countries.
Recovery efforts in low-and-middle-income countries present their own unique challenges as resources are sometimes scarce. Vik Bebarta, MD, founder of the Center for Combat and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has been at the forefront of challenges involving both civilian and military care.
The professor of Emergency Medicine and Toxicology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine talks to media relations specialist Laura Kelley in the Office of Communications about the logistical and psychological challenges first responders are facing there, now and in the future.