Principle of Cooperation in the Health Command in Incidents and Disasters: Participation of Military and Civilian Medicine- Part I: Basics and Principles

The skills, structures, and some common goals, have raised the Civilian-Military Collaboration, as one of the most reliable partnerships, in disasters and public health emergency management. This collaboration addresses all essential elements of disaster management, namely principles, objectives, standards and guidelines, staffing, structures, systems, logistics, clinical and non-clinical issues (triage and treatment), training, and management. The Islamic principle of cooperation (Taavon), guarantees the implementation and achievements.

The study was done by the library method and by reviewing authentic scientific and Islamic documents, as well as recording expert opinions through semi-structured interviews.

The participation of military and civilian medicine is necessary, vital, and unavoidable in important incidents and disasters. The most effective and beautiful strategy of this life-saving National collaboration becomes objectivity in the form of the Islamic culture of Taavon. The necessity, guidelines, principles, and goals of civil-military cooperation were reviewed in this article.

The coordinated participation of military and civilian medicine, based on the Islamic principle of “Taavon”, will save the lives of a wide range of affected populations and provides the maximum reduction of damages caused by these incidents.