introduction: electrolyte imbalances are very common among crushed earthquake victims but there is not enough data regarding their trend of changes. the present study was designed to evaluate the trend of changes in sodium, calcium, and phosphorus ions among crush syndrome patients. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, using the database of bam earthquake victims, which was dev...

This paper presents a methodology for quantifying the number of buildings that collapsed following the Bam earthquake. The approach is ‘object’ rather than ‘pixel’-oriented, commencing with the inventory of buildings as objects within high-resolution Quickbird satellite imagery captured before the event. The number of collapsed structures is computed based on the unique statistical characterist...

b a c k g r o u n d & aim: following the bam earthquake, relief teams and individual volunteers’influx in the scene. we conducted this survey to determine the needs and health status of relief workers when they were in the scene. methods  & materials:   this  was a concurrent  nested  mixed-method  survey  that  the qualitative nested   in  a  quantitative   approach.   interviews   were   thro...

BACKGROUND Earthquakes are renowned as being amongst the most dangerous and destructive types of natural disasters. Iran, a developing country in Asia, is prone to earthquakes and is ranked as one of the most vulnerable countries in the world in this respect. The medical response in disasters is accompanied by managerial, logistic, technical, and medical challenges being also the case in the Ba...

the field of crisis management knowledge and expertise is associated with a wide range of fields. knowledge-based crisis management is a combination of science, art and practice. iran is an earthquake-prone country. through years several earthquakes have happened in the country resulting in many human and financial losses. according to scientific standards, the first 24 hours following an earth...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the data of trauma patients with thoracic injury in the earthquake of Bam admitted to hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Science (TUMS) for better understanding the type and consequence of thoracic injuries in a major earthquake. METHODS After Bam earthquake registering 6.5 on the Richter scale, 526 trauma patients were admitted to hospitals of TUMS. Among them, 53...

Background & Aims: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) has been endemic in Bam district for many years and several epidemics have already occurred. Following a silent period, another outbreak of CL occurred after the earthquake in 2003. This study was performed to find the trend of CL during 20 years (1988-2007) in Bam district. Methods: In a retrospective study, data of 29395 CL patients were col...