During the past 20 years, natural disasters have claimed more than 3 million lives
worldwide, affected at least 800 million people, and resulted in property damage exceeding …

Definition Natural hazards are processes that serve as triggers for natural disasters. Natural
hazards can be classified into six categories. Geophysical or geological hazards relate to …

Introduction: Massive earthquakes often cause structures to collapse, trapping victims under
dense rubble for long periods of time. Commonly, this spurs resource intensive, dangerous …

Hospital systems play a critical role in treating injuries during disaster emergency
responses. Simultaneously, natural disasters hinder their ability to operate at full capacity …

In the event of a disaster such as natural and human-made, high demand for medical
supplies and a large number of injured people will emerge at the affected areas in a short …

BACKGROUND: This is the first population-based study of earthquake injuries and deaths
that uses a cohort approach to identify factors of high risk. As part of a special project that …

Emergency medical service plays a critical role in treating injuries after destructive
earthquakes, and emergency medical evacuation is very time-sensitive. Emergency medical …

The development of modern cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation (CPCR) has given
every person the ability to challenge death anywhere. Despite sparks of knowledge and …

Study Objective: We examine the mortality and morbidity associated with earthquakes in the
Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan in 1999. Methods: Crude casualty data were collected from …

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 …