Mideast Response

As the humanitarian emergency unfolds and grows deeper in the Mideast, SCCM extends its unwavering support to the critical care community and patients.

Whenever a crisis erupts that results in severe injury and illness, SCCM's Crisis Response Team proactively responds. These efforts are in service to SCCM's mission to secure the highest-quality care for all critically ill and injured patients.

October 2023

• SCCM reached out to more than 700 contacts in the region affected by the crisis. This outreach included free online educational resources targeted to crisis response and management.
• SCCM was contacted by individuals officially representing the Ministry of Health of Israel and the Palestinian Ministry of Health. These individuals requested that SCCM activate its official call for volunteers. SCCM sent two separate calls for volunteers to more than 200,000 contacts on behalf of each of these government agencies. SCCM does not deploy volunteers; it helps in the recruitment of volunteers upon official request. Learn more about the criteria and process for submitting an official request for volunteers.

Free Crisis Response Resources

Chapters from Fundamental Critical Care Support: Crisis Management:

• Burn and Blast Injury
• Tertiary Triage and Allocation of Scarce Resources in Disasters, and the Role of Palliative Medicine in Disasters
• Augmenting Critical Care Capacity During a Disaster
• Disaster Preparation for the Critical Care Provider-Setting the Stage
• The ICU’s Role in Disaster Response

About Calls for Volunteers

SCCM recruits volunteer critical care clinicians on behalf of government agencies upon official request. A request to organize a call for volunteers can be made for emergency situations of all kinds. Requests must be made by a government agent or other group/representative with medical licensure clearance authority or their official SCCM member designee. SCCM will then work directly with them to provide the information required and recruit volunteer clinicians from the critical care community. Learn more about the criteria and process for submitting an official request for volunteers.

About SCCM's Global Health Crisis Response Activities

SCCM supports the needs of critically ill and injured clinicians and their patients no matter where they live. SCCM has activated its crisis response activities in response to the current crisis in the Mideast. In addition to the activities noted above, SCCM leadership is in contact with members and healthcare leaders with knowledge of the crisis on the ground to understand the needs and evolving challenges. SCCM is also working with its trusted humanitarian aid partners to identify opportunities for further support in the short and long term.

SCCM's Global Health Program provides a comprehensive set of crisis response and humanitarian activities in areas of most need wherever they occur. SCCM is a global nonprofit public charity chartered to improve care of all critically ill and injured people worldwide.