Earthquakes happened frequently and caused a lot of injuries and serious economic loss, which destroyed the ecological environment and challenged the ability and speed in human rescue, treatment, epidemic, and post-disaster reconstruction. This paper compared the medical rescue between Yushu earthquake and Wenchuan earthquake in order to summarize the experience, form the standard, and provide references for decision-making.
Citation: JIANG Jie,LI Youping,WANG Miye,MO Chunmei. Comparison of Yushu Earthquake and Wenchuan Earthquake in Medical Rescue. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2010, 10(5): 550-554. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20100447 Copy