Table 3.

Key factors related to the pre-hospital medical services during the medical response to the Bam earthquake

Pre-hospital medical response	Obstacles	Facilitators
Triage	- Absence of triage plan - Absence of triage teams - Absence of resources	- Medical specialists at the airport
Treatment	- Absence of disaster plan - Lack of Disaster Medical Assistance Teams - Shortage of resources	- Trained medical personnel from Army - Large number of medical volunteers
Transportation	- Absence of transportation plan - Lack of standardized transportation system - No control on transportation of the casualties	- Airlifting of casualties by Army