Neurosurgical Injuries Caused by the 2011 Van Earthquake: The Experience at the Van Regional Training and Research Hospital

Abakay, Abdurrahman; Yener, Ulaş; Aycan, Nur; Gönüllü, Edip; Dursun, Recep; Gönüllü, Hayriye

doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.03.018

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“…8 Head injuries have been extensively studied in previous earthquakes in Taiwan, 7 Pakistan, 2 China, 6,12 and Turkey. 1 In the study done by Bhatti SH et al 9 in 2005 October earthquake in Pakistan, children lees than 10 years constituted 41% and more than 55 years constituted 36% of all patients. Mild head injury occurred in 55%, moderate head injury in 35%, severe head injuries in 10% of patients.…”

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Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching Hospital

Karmacharya

Sathian

2016

Nep J Neurosci

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The objective of this study was to review the demographics, causes injury, severity, treatment and outcome of traumatic brain injuries in victims of the April 2015 earthquake who were admitted in Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara. A total of 37 patients was admitted under Neurosurgery Services. Collapse of buildings was the commonest cause of head injury. The majority of them had mild head injury. Associated injuries to other parts of the body were present in 40.54% patients.Nepal Journal of Neuroscience 12:63-66, 2015

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Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching Hospital

Karmacharya

Sathian

2016

Nep J Neurosci

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“…With regard to neurosurgical lesions, previous reports from the Van earthquake on 2011 showed that the most common injuries were spinal fractures and spinal cord injuries, scalp injuries like depressed skull fractures, and cerebral hemorrhages. (3,15) (Table II).…”

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Collegiate neurosurgery in disaster and mass medical emergencies: lessons learned from mexico.

Ramos-Zúñiga

Arellano-Contreras²,

Rochin-Mozqueda³

et al. 2018

Turkish Neurosurgery

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their occurrence may rise through the years. For this reason, efforts like the creation of the world atlas of natural disaster risk, which maps the distribution of specific disaster hazards worldwide, help to improve policies, and local actions (27). During the year 2013, natural disasters and social conflicts affected about 148.2 million people (8). The United Nations reported on the devastating consequences of unpredictable, unpreventable, and impersonating disasters. Over the last two decades, these events had an economic impact of around 2 █ INTRODUCTION A disaster is a natural or human-generated event that seriously disrupts the functioning of society in a sudden way, causing human, material, and ecosystem losses (Table I). It also creates a significant short-term increase in the demand for emergency services, requiring extraordinary measures to address the situation that tendsto fall short because demand generally exceeds responsiveness (10). No community is exempt of incidents classified as disasters, and Every year, natural or people-generated disasters disrupt the functioning of society, causing human, and material loses, which lead to an increase in the demand for medical attention. In the morning of September 19, 2017, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico City and four other cities, leaving around 19 million people affected and 331 dead. Although the medical response was timely, most of the efforts fell short because demand exceeded responsiveness. This incident evidenced the challenges that we have as caregivers with mass medical emergency, and the need for direct and well-structured interventions of professional-medical associations in the immediate response, on both in-site and in-hospital settings. The aim of this paper is to analyze how we respond to these medical emergencies and what new strategies have been proposed in order to identify the weaknesses and areas of improvement, as well as to restructure our methods of emergency intervention. We searched all the information in both official institutional and social media with a public sanitary scope. We submitted this information to a descriptive qualitative analysis and compared with official information and management. We found an important role for social media as a means of communication and civil organization. Collegiate medical societies, such as neurosurgeons, showed a limited reach, little on-site intervention, and poor use of social media and other strategies to improve the response. Finally, we propose how we may approach these mass medical emergencies in a better way, taking advantage of new technologies and strategies.

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“…This will play a key role in reducing morbidity and mortality. 29,30 An acute massive hemothorax demands immediate check and permanent control of the hemorrhage from the lung: by radical surgery or by artificial pneumothorax (which is the procedure of choice). 25 In cardiovascular, neurological and psychiatric patients, first principle is to find out if they are chronic patients and then continue with their therapy in order to prevent exacerbation of the primary disease.…”

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Earthquakes and their environmental, medical and public health impacts

Nola

2018

Salud Publica Mex

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Earthquakes are probably the scariest among the natural disasters that teach us about the forces of nature and their unpredictability. Knowing that there is nothing we can do to prevent the occurrence of an earthquake, we are forced to learn from our own experience. This paper systematizes the environmental, medical and public health impacts of earthquakes. Each is presented in a structured way, highlighting its most important aspects. The relationship between them and the affected environment and population; as well as the connection between these are emphasized during earthquakes. The environment at the place of occurrence of an earthquake is important for the survival of victims and also defines the particular medical and public health needs arising from its specificity. Every country needs good disaster management with specific protocols for the expected type of disaster. These protocols must incorporate environmental, medical and public health aspects and their implementation must be very efficient; they must include educating the inhabitants; training teams involved in rescue, (eventual) migration/ evacuation, medical treatments and public health actions, and training and educating leaders.

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Neurosurgical Injuries Caused by the 2011 Van Earthquake: The Experience at the Van Regional Training and Research Hospital

Cited by 8 publications

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Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching Hospital

Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching Hospital

Collegiate neurosurgery in disaster and mass medical emergencies: lessons learned from mexico.

Earthquakes and their environmental, medical and public health impacts

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