Emergency medical team in China-construction under international standard and response to coronavirus disease pandemic

Numerous public health events are of suddenness and destructiveness, which often cause a huge impact on local medical and health divisions. When the casualties caused by such an event exceed the tolerance capacity of a country, international medical assistance would be urgently needed. To deal with the situation, a large number of international medical teams with humanitarian mission are organized. Based on classification standards of international emergency medical team construction, this study summarizes current situation of emergency medical team construction in China and analyzes present status of emergency management during the period of coping with coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic to promote the construction of public health emergency management system in China.