Objective To systematically and thoughtfully summarize the experience and lessons of emergency medical rescue during the Wenchuan earthquake in order toprovide relevant evidence to inform decision making for future emergency medical situations.
Methods The relevant data was collected and analyzed through brainstorming and questionnaire.
Result ① The Sichuan province Headquarters for Earthquake Disaster Relief was organized at the first time after the earthquake, and a coordination mechanism was established between the national ministry and Sichuan, as well as different departments and the army, to ensure the powerful, ordered, and effective action for the medical rescue. ② Thirty-five thousand eight-hundred medical rescue workers were organized within 72 hours of the earthquake and were sent to all the worst-hit counties via land, water, and air. Some effective measures such as “Four concentration”and“Transfer of wounded patients” were used to reduce the mortality and disability of the wounded patients. ③ The anti-epidemic measures were performed across all the villages and settlements of the people affected by the earthquake to ensure no recurrence of public health events during the first two weeks after the quake. ④ Medical resources were organized scientifically and transparently to meet the demand of medical rescue. ⑤ The recovery and re-establishment of medical services were promoted by two phases.
Conclusion The emergency medical rescue of those affected by the earthquake in the Sichuan Province is succesful. In the future, we should establish an effective emergency medical rescue system, supply the reserve of medical resources, improve the equipment of medical rescue teams, strengthen the establishment of discipline of disaster medicine, and improve the emergency pre-plan.
Citation： SHEN Ji,SU Lin,LI Bin,TANG Xuefeng. Analysis of Emergency Medical Rescue During the Wenchuan Earthquake in Sichuan Province. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2009, 09(3): 301-306. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20090058 Copy