Canada needs to do more to catalogue the skills and experiences of our experts who have honed their decision-making, communication and collaboration skills in high-stress situations, so we can be ready when the time comes here — as it has, and surely will again.
The learnings Canadian health-care workers gain when responding to international disasters can be helpful in developing emergency response systems here at home, say researchers in McMaster University’s Department of Family Medicine.
Lynda Redwood-Campbell is a professor with the Department of Family Medicine as well as an active member of the Canadian Red Cross International Emergency Response Unit (ERU) team. Recently, she travelled to Mozambique to support the disaster response after Cyclone Idai.
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