Early Rehabilitation in Conflicts and Disasters

Gaza, rehabilitation session set up by HI for one injured person

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HI launches pioneering project on Early Rehabilitation in Conflicts and Disasters through a Field Handbook and E-Learning training thanks to support from the AO Foundation and leading rehabilitation organisations.

What is the issue?

When emergencies strike, there is a huge surge in the need for Early Rehabilitation. Early Rehabilitation for patients with traumatic injuries in conflicts and disasters is now recognised as being an integral part of a patient’s recovery. For example, early rehabilitation for a patient with a traumatic amputation means a faster recovery time and greater chance of optimal quality of life.

However, the majority of rehabilitation professionals in countries that experience such emergencies do not have all the skills needed to treat all of the injuries.

What have we done about it?

HI in collaboration with leading organisations (ICRC, MSF-France, CBM, Livability & the WHO) has created the world’s first educational resource package to fill this gap.

The educational resource package covers 6 clinical areas:

Early rehabilitation of Amputees
Early rehabilitation of Fractures
Early rehabilitation of Peripheral Nerve Injuries
Early rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injuries
Early rehabilitation of Acquired Brain Injuries
Early rehabilitation of Burns

Cover of the field handbook EARLY REHABILITATION In Conflicts and Disasters

Field Handbook

Each chapter of this handbook has been written by experts in their field. It includes pictures and evidence based treatment protocols to help rehabilitation professionals around the world to delivery high quality early rehabilitation intervention.