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Preparation and response of medical and health institutions when energy flow is interrupted and infrastructure is damaged
Author(s) -
Li Qun,
Wu Xiukun,
Bai Hong,
Chen Hong,
Yang Dingjun,
Li Shizhou,
Duan Liangsong,
Zhu Ruiquan,
Zhu Haiyang,
Yao Jianyi,
Xu Zhen,
Mao Suling,
Yang Weizhong
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of evidence‐based medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1756-5391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2009.01033.x
Subject(s) - china , energy (signal processing) , emergency response , business , disaster response , flow (mathematics) , medical emergency , emergency management , medicine , geography , economic growth , economics , mechanics , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , physics
Energy interruption and infrastructure damage are the common characteristic between the snow disaster occurred in some southern provinces of China and the 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake in China in 2008. This paper summaries the effects on medical and health institutions caused by interruption of energy flow and damaged infrastructure, shares the preparation and response practices, experience, and lessons of medical disasters, and gives suggestions about how to prepare and response for medical and health institutions when energy flow is interrupted and infrastructure is damaged.