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Medical Efforts and Injury Patterns of Military Hospital Patients Following the 2013 Lushan Earthquake in China: A Retrospective Study

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  • Peng Kang

    (Institute of Military Health Management, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Rd, 200433, Shanghai, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Bihan Tang

    (Institute of Military Health Management, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Rd, 200433, Shanghai, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Yuan Liu

    (Institute of Military Health Management, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Rd, 200433, Shanghai, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Xu Liu

    (Institute of Military Health Management, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Rd, 200433, Shanghai, China)

  • Zhipeng Liu

    (Institute of Military Health Management, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Rd, 200433, Shanghai, China)

  • Yipeng Lv

    (Institute of Military Health Management, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Rd, 200433, Shanghai, China)

  • Lulu Zhang

    (Institute of Military Health Management, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Rd, 200433, Shanghai, China)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate medical efforts and injury profiles of victims of the Lushan earthquake admitted to three military hospitals. This study retrospectively investigated the clinical records of 266 admitted patients evacuated from the Lushan earthquake area. The 2005 version of the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS-2005) was used to identify the severity of each injury. Patient demographic data, complaints, diagnoses, injury types, prognosis, means of transportation, and cause of injury were all reviewed individually. The statistical analysis of the study was conducted primarily using descriptive statistics. Of the 266 patients, 213 (80.1%) were admitted in the first two days. A total of 521 injury diagnoses were recorded in 266 patients. Earthquake-related injuries were primarily caused by buildings collapsing (38.4%) and victims being struck by objects (33.8%); the most frequently injured anatomic sites were the lower extremities and pelvis (34.2%) and surface area of the body (17.9%). Fracture (41.5%) was the most frequent injury, followed by soft tissue injury (27.5%), but crush syndrome was relatively low (1.2%) due to the special housing structures in the Lushan area. The most commonly used procedure was suture and dressings (33.7%), followed by open reduction and internal fixation (21.9%).The results of this study help formulate recommendations to improve future disaster relief and emergency planning in remote, isolated, and rural regions of developing countries.

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  • Peng Kang & Bihan Tang & Yuan Liu & Xu Liu & Zhipeng Liu & Yipeng Lv & Lulu Zhang, 2015. "Medical Efforts and Injury Patterns of Military Hospital Patients Following the 2013 Lushan Earthquake in China: A Retrospective Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-16, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:9:p:10723-10738:d:55061
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    1. Jacopo Del Papa & Pierpaolo Vittorini & Francesco D’Aloisio & Mario Muselli & Anna Rita Giuliani & Alfonso Mascitelli & Leila Fabiani, 2019. "Retrospective Analysis of Injuries and Hospitalizations of Patients Following the 2009 Earthquake of L’Aquila City," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-18, May.
    2. Wu, Yangyang & Chen, Suren, 2023. "Resilience modeling and pre-hazard mitigation planning of transportation network to support post-earthquake emergency medical response," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 230(C).

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