China Medical Team: Medical rescue for “4.25” Nepal earthquake

Chinese Journal of Traumatology

Yang Dan¹  Yong-Gui Zhang²  Dian-Guo Xing²  Ke-Jia Liu²  Xi Lin³  Ding-Yuan Du³  Li Chen⁴ 

[1] Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing 400010, China;Chongqing Health and Family Planning Commission, Chongqing 401147, China;Chongqing Institute of Accident & Emergency Medicine, Chongqing Emergency Medical Center, Chongqing 400014, China;First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China;

关键词: Nepal;    Earthquakes;    Rescue work;    China Medical Team;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.cjtee.2017.04.004

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In recent years, global natural disasters have been frequent and resulted in great casualties and property loss. Since Wenchuan earthquake, the disaster emergency rescue system of China has obtained considerable development in various aspects including team construction, task scheduling, personnel training, facilities and equipments, logistics, etc. On April 25, 2015, an earthquake that measured 8.1 on the Richter scale attacked Nepal. Chinese government firstly organized a medical team, named China Medical Team, and sent it to the attacked region in Nepal to implement medical rescue. The medical team completed the rescue mission successfully and creatively based on their experiences.

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