Trauma assessment and first aid in the confined spaces after major natural disasters.
10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20221129-01037
- Author:
Wenqian WANG
1
;
Xuan ZHANG
;
Wentao SANG
;
Wenwen LIU
;
Yuan BIAN
;
Jiali WANG
;
Chang PAN
;
Yuguoi CHEN
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Chest Pain Center, Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine of Shandong University, Key Laboratory of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary-Cerebral Resuscitation Research of Shandong Province, Shandong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, NMPA Key Laboratory for Clinical Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drug, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China. Corresponding author: Chen Yuguo, Email: chen919085@sdu.edu.cn.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
Disasters;
First Aid;
Confined Spaces;
Earthquakes
- From:
Chinese Critical Care Medicine
2023;35(7):777-781
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Major natural disasters seriously threaten human life and health. After earthquakes and other catastrophes, survivors are often trapped in the confined spaces caused by the collapse of ground and buildings, with relative separation from the outside world, restricted access, complex environment, and oncoming or ongoing unsafety, leading to the rescue extremely difficult. In order to save lives and improve the outcome more efficiently in the confined spaces after natural disasters, it is very important to standardize and reasonably apply the trauma assessment and first aid workflow. This study focuses on trauma assessment and first aid. From the aspects of trauma assessment, vital signs stabilization, hemostasis and bandaging, post-trauma anti-infection, and the transportation of patients, a trauma first aid work process suitable for a small space of a major natural disaster is formed, It is helpful to realize the immediate and efficient treatment of trauma in the confined spaces after natural catastrophes, to reduce the rate of death and disability and improve the outcome of patients.
