Under the patronage of H. E. the Health Minister, Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, MOH will organize International Conference for Disaster Medicine, under the theme «Towards all Hazards Approach Emergency Preparedness and Response», at Al Faisaliyah Hotel, Riyadh, from October 13th-14th, 2019.
The conference, which will be attended by a number of experts and specialists from inside and outside the Kingdom, aims to establish an excellence platform to exchange knowledge and experience in all topics related to disaster medicine, crisis management, to foster innovation, insights, and research and collaboration in this field.
The conference will also discuss a number of topics including: emergency preparedness, risk assessment, field medicine and pre-hospital care in disaster situations, emergency response, response teams and medical countermeasures, education, training and research in disaster medicine, in addition to a number of workshops related to disaster medicine and crisis management, such as: basic disaster life support, and risk communication.