Medical Evacuation Management and Clinical Characteristics of 3,255 Inpatients After the 2010 Yushu Earthquake in China

• 2012

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• Peng Kang; Lulu Zhang; Wannian Liang; Zenghong Zhu; Yuan Liu; Xu Liu
PMID: 22695432DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/ta.0b013e3182479e07

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This article describes the medical response after the 2010 Yushu earthquake in China. It highlights how 3,255 patients were treated, with most transported by plane within three days. Many had bone fractures or crush syndrome. Respiratory diseases and high-altitude sickness affected some, especially rescuers. The study emphasizes air transport's role in reducing deaths and injuries and suggests hospitals need quick emergency plans for such events. It also notes that high altitude and local conditions made injuries more complex, stressing the importance of training for rescuers to handle disasters in challenging environments effectively.

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Focus Area: Natural Disasters

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Age Distribution; China; Crush Syndrome; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Earthquakes; Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Treatment; Hospitalization; Injury Severity Score; Inpatients; Patient Transfer; Retrospective Studies; Rural Population; Sex Distribution; Survival Analysis; Hospital Mortality; Rescue Work; Needs Assessment; Emergencies; Surveys and Questionnaires

Institutions: The Second Military Medical University (SMMU)

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