Date: Wednesday 5 Nov. 2025

Id 47
Topic Community
Main Speaker Farooq Azam Rathore Pakistan
Co Speakers Umer Younas Pakistan, Anas Hassan UK, Taslim Uddin Bangladesh, Colleen O’Connell Canada, MARIA PAUL, ABDERRAZAK HAJJIOUI MOROCCO, WEERTS ERIC BELGIUM, Marcalee Alexander USA, Sumitha Gounden AUSTRALIA

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, large fires, and floods often result in a significant number of individuals sustaining traumatic injuries, including spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, amputations, fractures, and peripheral nerve injuries. The immediate aftermath of such events requires a coordinated approach to managing these injuries and facilitate effective rehabilitation. This workshop aims to explore comprehensive management and rehabilitation strategies for disaster survivors with traumatic injuries, emphasizing data collection, patient assessment, and evidence-based interventions. Subject matter experts will present various aspects of emergency rehabilitation, including disaster preparedness, immediate response strategies, integration of rehabilitation into emergency medical teams, and long-term recovery planning. Topics may include the role of rehabilitation in disaster settings, challenges in managing complex injuries, strategies for effective data collection in chaotic environments, and the importance of early rehabilitation interventions to improve functional outcomes. Speakers will be encouraged to present in the following format: background, epidemiology, clinical presentation, assessment, and evidence-based rehabilitation interventions. Speakers will represent different global regions, including Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Each speaker is internationally renowned in the field of disaster rehabilitation and will provide perspectives and cultural context related to healthcare delivery in their respective regions. After completing this workshop, attendees will understand common challenges and effective strategies in emergency rehabilitation, with insights from an international vantage point.

Chair Farooq Azam Rathore

8H30 Introduction. MARIA PAUL

8H35 Strengthening Rehabilitation in Health Systems: How Emergencies and Disasters Can Serve as Catalysts for Change – Lessons from Morocco. ABDERRAZAK HAJJIOUI

8H45 Missed Opportunities – It Could Have Been Better: The Critical Need for Disaster Rehabilitation beyond Initial Survival. Umer Younas

8H55 2015 Nepal Earthquake: Rehabilitation EMT. Taslim Uddin

9H05 Rehabilitation Capacity Building in Pacific Island Nations. Sumitha Gounden

9H15 The WHO Emergency Medical Teams Initiative – guidance for rehabilitation. Colleen O’Connell

9H25 Question and Answer

9H35 Amputee Rehabilitation in Gaza: Overcoming Challenges in a Conflict Zone. ANAS HASSAN

9H45 Physical Rehabilitation Interventions in Emergency Contexts and their differential set up within Humanity & Inclusion. WEERTS ERIC , Ba PT

9H55 Space weather in 2025 could affect disaster rehabilitation as well as human spaceflight. Satoshi Hayamizu

10H05 Disasters, Rehabilitation and Climate Change: How can we integrate our actions with the medical team? Marcalee Alexander MD

10H15 Advancing Technology in Humanitarian Assistance. A Pilot Study in the Use of Microsoft Hololens in Prosthetic Rehabilitation in Ukraine. David Crandell

10H25 Question and Answer