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Traumatic Injuries During Earthquakes

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Natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes, cyclones, floods, etc.) and human-derived crises (e.g., conflict, terrorist attacks, chemical emergencies, etc.) result in an acute debilitation of regional infrastructure, profound decreases in healthcare capacity, and broad population injury and death [1, 2]. The diminished faculty of local resources augments the vulnerability of affected populations and often necessitates a national or global humanitarian response. Analysis of previous disasters highlights the importance of a coordinated preparedness and the preemptive training of medical professionals [3].

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An erratum to this chapter can be found at DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-48950-5_46

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  1. Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hannover, NH, USA

    William Henry Boyce III MD Candidate

  2. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Moscow Regional Clinical Research Institute, 61/2, Ulitsa Shepkina, Moscow, 129110, Russian Federation

    S. A. Saravanan MB, BS, MS(Ortho.), PhD

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center, 2300 Sutter Street, Suite 207, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA

    Nikolaj Wolfson MD, FRCSC, FACS

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Boyce, W.H., Saravanan, S.A., Wolfson, N. (2016). Traumatic Injuries During Earthquakes. In: Wolfson, N., Lerner, A., Roshal, L. (eds) Orthopedics in Disasters. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48950-5_10

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