Emergency Response and Recovery after the May 12, 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

Edwards, Curtis L.

doi:10.1061/41050(357)126

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“…The Chinese government classified quake‐hit areas as extremely‐hit ones (including 10 counties), severely‐stricken ones (as 41 counties), and quake‐hit ones (186 counties in total) with factors as earthquake severity, building damage modulus, and number of dead and missing. And Sichuan takes 100% (10/10), 70% (29/41), and 54% (100/186), respectively, according to this classification (8, 9). Hence, medical relief command faced huge challenges under extremely adverse circumstances after the Wenchuan earthquake (Table 1).…”

Section: Damage Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lessons learned from the Wenchuan earthquake

Shen

Kang

Shi

et al. 2012

J Evidence Based Medicine

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Successful experience from Wenchuan Earthquake could be summarized as: one goal as people-oriented life-rescuing. Two tasks as medical rescue for diseases of those injured and healthcare & anti-epidemic for safe and sound of those lives. Three strategies respectively as medical transfers after on-site triage, treatment for severe diseases in quake-hit areas and rehabilitation in non quake-hit areas for medical rescue, and quick post-quake evaluation, quick promotion for whole coverage and scientific regulation in long term for healthcare & anti-epidemic. Four measures as concentration for patients, experts, resources and treatment respectively for medical rescue, and key regions, key groups, key infectious diseases and key steps for healthcare & anti-epidemic. Five links as overall commanding, medical rescue, healthcare and anti-epidemic, physical/mental rehabilitation and post-quake reconstruction. And whole course surveillance as information guidance, policy guarantee, data collection, evidence producing, effectiveness evaluation, and academic communication.

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Section: Damage Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%