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The importance of preview and triage in emergence treatment for a large number of earthquake patients: a summary report from 2008 Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake

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Author:
No author available
Journal Title:
CHINESE JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Issue:
7
DOI:
10.3760/j.issn:1671-0282.2008.07.003
Key Word:
汶川地震;地震灾难;预检分诊;救治;Wenchuan Earthquake;Earthquake disaster;Preview and triage;Treatment

Abstract: Objective Preview and triage is significantly important in treating a large number of the wound-ed patients. Method From 12 May to 25 May, 2008, 2171 wounded patients from Wenchuan Earthquake weretaken to the Central Hospital of Mianyang. According to the injury degree, all the wounded were classified into se-vere, moderate and minor injuries, and wore red, yellow and blue label on the wrists (those who died in a shorting change, intramuscular injection of TAT after skin test. Emergency medical records, including examination re-sults and treatment time, were completed for each wounded. The severe wounded were transferred to the relevantried out in 985 wounded, 1418 wounded hespitalized, 13 died in emergency room within two weeks after earth-quake. Only 9 died of combined injury and 4 died of severe cerebral injury. Conclusions The preview and triagelet the emergence treatment effective for a large number of earthquake patients.

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