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Retrospective, Analytical Study of Field First Aid following the Wenchuan Earthquake in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2011

Fan Haojun ,
Song Jianqi  and
Hou Shike
Fan Haojun*
Affiliation:
Post-Graduate Coordinator, Medical Administration, Department of China Armed Police General Hospital, Beijing, China
Song Jianqi
Affiliation:
Post-Graduate Coordinator, Medical Administration, Department of China Armed Police General Hospital, Beijing, China
Hou Shike
Affiliation:
Post-Graduate Coordinator, Medical Administration, Department of China Armed Police General Hospital, Beijing, China
*
Correspondence: Fan Haojun Medical AdministrationDepartment of China Armed Police General HospitalBeijing 100039, China E-mail: fanhaojun99@126.com
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Abstract

Field first-aid data from the Wenchuan Earthquake in China was analyzed retrospectively in order to probe into ways to develop field first-aid operations and provide a reference for future emergency rescue. Related documents about the Wenchuan Earthquake were collected and reviewed. The state of injury and leading causes of death during the disaster were identified. The presnece of emergency medical resources on-site after the earthquake was relatively insufficient. Deaths mainly were due to cardiopulmonary arrest, severe craniocerebral injury, incurable hemorrhagic shock, and crush syndrome that caused multiple organ system dysfunction syndrome. Only by strengthening the on-site emergency medical resources, speeding-up triage, and equipping responders with professional, portable medical equipment, can field first-aid operations be delivered more efficiently.

Keywords

analytical studyChinafield first aidWenchuan Earthquake
Type
Case Study
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 130 - 134
Copyright
Copyright Haojun © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2011

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