SEVERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREATMENT AND TRANSPORT OF INJURED PEOPLE IN DISASTERS

Vu Tung Son , Ngọc Hoàn Vũ, Văn Thản Hoàng, Thế Anh Bùi Đăng, Hương Giang Lã Thị, Kim Linh Bùi, Tiến Mạnh Nguyễn, Xuân Kiên Nguyễn

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This is a summary of reports and studies on a number of disasters, including earthquakes and tsunamis in the US, Japan, Iran, and China, floods in Thailand and Greece, and terrorism in France. As for earthquakes, the time from happening to rescuing is 1.7 ± 2.7 hours. The time from the occurrence of the quake until the time of extrication from under the rubble is 0.9 ± 1.1 hours. The victims were classified by severity according to the color attached, and emergency treatment was deployed from near to far areas, and the last line was the hospital. For tsunamis, storms, and floods, victims were injured due to trauma and drowning (90%). 70% were mostly on-the-spot emergencies, classified by severity and transferred by different kinds of transport such as ambulances, police cars, personal vehicles, etc. For terrorist disasters, 77% received on-site emergency treatment before being transferred to the hospital, the time from injury to transfer to the hospital was about 194 minutes. In disasters, treatment and transport of victims to reduce casualties mainly depends on the classification and first aid in place at the beginning. There are many different kinds of transport and victims will be cured at each Treatment route from the first place to the final institution.

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