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Journal of Combat Medicine 10.30491/JCM.2023.206414
Narrative Review
2023 | 6 (2) | 78-85

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

Seyed Masoud Khatami 1, Hassan Araghizadeh 2, Nasrullah Fathian 3,
Mohammad Ali Mohagheghi 4*

1- Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Institute of Combat Medicine of Holy Defense and Resistance, Tehran, Iran
4- Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Received: 26 July 2023 Accepted: 1 November 2023

Abstract

Background and Aim: 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 (Thaavon), guarantees the implementation and
achievements.
Methods: The present study has been performed by library study, and research in reliable authentic, scientific, and
Islamic documents, as well as expert opinions through semi-structured interviews.
Results: The participation of military and civilian medicine, in important incidents and disasters is necessary,
vital, and unavoidable. 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 are reviewed in this article.
Conclusion: 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.

Keywords: Civilian-Military Collaboration, Combat Medicine, Military Medicine, Health System, Disasters,
Cooperation, Multiagency Collaboration.

* Corresponding Author: Mohammad Ali Mohagheghi
Address: Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran
University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
E-mail: [email protected]

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