Citation

Lin X, Liu KJ, Zhang YG, Dan Y, Xing DG, Chen L, Du DY. Chin. J. Traumatol. 2017; 20(4): 235-239.

Affiliation

Chongqing Institute of Accident & Emergency Medicine, Chongqing Emergency Medical Center, Chongqing 400014, China. Electronic address: dudingyuan@qq.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Chinese Medical Association)

DOI

10.1016/j.cjtee.2017.04.004

PMID

28528247

Abstract

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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Language: en

Keywords

China Medical Team; Earthquakes; Nepal; Rescue work