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Emergency department management after the 2020 Aegean Sea - Izmir earthquake.
BACKGROUND: This article aims to provide an up-to-date resource on disaster management by reporting about the destructive fea-tures of the earthquake that occurred on October 30, 2020, and about the hospital and emergency service organization during a pandemic.
METHODS: This study was carried out with a multicentered, cross-sectional retrospective design on the victims of the 2020 Aegean Sea - Izmir earthquake. Local ethics committee approval was obtained. The data obtained by obtaining permission from two hospitals and ambulance services (transport data) located in the region where earthquake-related destruction was most prominent were evalu-ated. Patient data including demographic data, time of arrival to the emergency department, duration of stay under the debris, triage codes (green: not urgent, slightly injured; yellow: may be delayed, injured; red: critically injured; and black: dead), type of injuries, dura-tion of stay in the emergency department, crush syndrome, rhabdomyolysis, need for invasive procedures (e.g., surgery and dialysis), intensive care admission, hospital admission, and discharge were evaluated.
RESULTS: In total, 313 patients (60.4% females) were included in the study according to the inclusion criteria. The mean age of the participants was 38.0±21.0 years, with the youngest being a 6-month-old baby and the oldest a 91-year-old individual. Approximately 41.5% of the earthquake victims presented to the emergency department within the first 3 h of the earthquake, and patients with yellow triage code were the most common in the 1st h. Further, 35.2% of the patients who were rescued from under the debris were discharged alive. Four patients were discharged alive after being rescued from under the debris 24 h following the earthquake, of whom three were rescued after >48 h (longest duration, 91 h). Further, 32 (15.9%) patients who survived upon presentation to the emergency department had rhabdomyolysis, 4 (1.9%) underwent hemodialysis in the emergency department due to acute renal failure, and 8 (3.8%) underwent other emergency operations such as fasciotomy and amputation. In total, 122 patients died and 191 patients were discharged from the hospitals. Furthermore, 139 patients were discharged from the emergency department, 15 were admitted to the intensive care unit, 41 were hospitalized in the relevant clinics, and 112 were directly transferred to the morgue following preliminary evaluation.
CONCLUSION: Emergency services should be ready in terms of accurate registration, correct data entry, correct triage assignment, sufficient resources, adequate team, sufficient equipment, and adequate treatment areas for disasters such as earthquakes. Further, ade-quate disaster trainings should be provided, feasible disaster relief plans should be prepared, and regular exercises should be conducted.
METHODS: This study was carried out with a multicentered, cross-sectional retrospective design on the victims of the 2020 Aegean Sea - Izmir earthquake. Local ethics committee approval was obtained. The data obtained by obtaining permission from two hospitals and ambulance services (transport data) located in the region where earthquake-related destruction was most prominent were evalu-ated. Patient data including demographic data, time of arrival to the emergency department, duration of stay under the debris, triage codes (green: not urgent, slightly injured; yellow: may be delayed, injured; red: critically injured; and black: dead), type of injuries, dura-tion of stay in the emergency department, crush syndrome, rhabdomyolysis, need for invasive procedures (e.g., surgery and dialysis), intensive care admission, hospital admission, and discharge were evaluated.
RESULTS: In total, 313 patients (60.4% females) were included in the study according to the inclusion criteria. The mean age of the participants was 38.0±21.0 years, with the youngest being a 6-month-old baby and the oldest a 91-year-old individual. Approximately 41.5% of the earthquake victims presented to the emergency department within the first 3 h of the earthquake, and patients with yellow triage code were the most common in the 1st h. Further, 35.2% of the patients who were rescued from under the debris were discharged alive. Four patients were discharged alive after being rescued from under the debris 24 h following the earthquake, of whom three were rescued after >48 h (longest duration, 91 h). Further, 32 (15.9%) patients who survived upon presentation to the emergency department had rhabdomyolysis, 4 (1.9%) underwent hemodialysis in the emergency department due to acute renal failure, and 8 (3.8%) underwent other emergency operations such as fasciotomy and amputation. In total, 122 patients died and 191 patients were discharged from the hospitals. Furthermore, 139 patients were discharged from the emergency department, 15 were admitted to the intensive care unit, 41 were hospitalized in the relevant clinics, and 112 were directly transferred to the morgue following preliminary evaluation.
CONCLUSION: Emergency services should be ready in terms of accurate registration, correct data entry, correct triage assignment, sufficient resources, adequate team, sufficient equipment, and adequate treatment areas for disasters such as earthquakes. Further, ade-quate disaster trainings should be provided, feasible disaster relief plans should be prepared, and regular exercises should be conducted.
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