Rehabilitation care for children after trauma in the earthquake disaster.
- Author:
Zhi-Quan YANG
1
;
Qing-Min ZHANG
Author Information
1. Beijing Rehabilitation Center, Beijing, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Amputation, Traumatic;
rehabilitation;
Brain Injuries;
rehabilitation;
Child;
Disasters;
Earthquakes;
Humans;
Peripheral Nerve Injuries;
rehabilitation;
Spinal Cord Injuries;
rehabilitation;
Wounds and Injuries;
rehabilitation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
2013;15(6):431-434
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
For the children who suffer trauma in earthquake, rehabilitation care aims to promote functional recovery, shorten hospital stay, and reduce the incidence of complications or disability by evidence-based, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive early rehabilitation intervention on the basis of first aid and clinical treatment. Children are likely to suffer traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, limb fracture, and amputation in the earthquake disaster, so the clinical rehabilitation care designed considering the characteristics of children should be provided immediately after acute phase of trauma to promote functional recovery.
