@article{ref1,
title="Earthquake in Turkey: the triangle of life and disaster kits saves lives",
journal="Disaster medicine and public health preparedness",
year="2024",
author="Ağan, Fatma Zehra and Cindoğlu, Çiğdem",
volume="18",
number="",
pages="e74-e74",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Precautions taken before an earthquake are of vital importance. When buildings collapse, the weight of the ceiling crushes objects such as furniture, leaving a space or void within the rubble. This area is called the &quot;triangle of life.&quot; The larger and stronger the object, the more it will maintain its volume; the more the object maintains its volume, the larger the void will be, and the less likely it is that the person who uses this void will be injured. <br><br>METHODS: Durable, solid furniture such as beds and tables that can be tipped over during an earthquake in appropriate areas in the building can form a living triangle. Creating and using the triangle of life is the method of protection in an earthquake that produces the highest probability of survival. <br><br>RESULTS: Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.5 occurred in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, on February 6, 2023. This report presents the case of a 43-y-old female victim of these earthquakes who used the triangle of life to survive; she was removed from the rubble 164 h after the earthquake. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The case provides evidence that predetermining areas in which the triangle of life can be formed and storing supplies necessary for survival can decrease morbidity and mortality in an earthquake.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1935-7893",
doi="10.1017/dmp.2024.54",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.54"
}