Prehospital management of earthquake casualties buried under rubble.
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چکیده
Earthquakes continue to exact a heavy toll on life, injury, and loss of property. Survival of casualties extricated from under the rubble depends upon early medical interventions by emergency teams on site. The objective of this paper is to review the pertinent literature and to analyze the information as a practical guideline for the medical management of casualties accidentally buried alive.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Prehospital and disaster medicine
دوره 20 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005