An Earthquake Disaster in Turkey
An Overview of the Experience of the Israeli Defence Forces Field Hospital in Adapazari
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3898141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yaron Bar‐dayan (Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps), David Mankuta (Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps), Yoram Wolf (0000-0003-1866-510X, Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps), Yehezkel Levy (Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps), Michael Vanrooyen, Michael J Vanrooyen (Johns Hopkins Medicine), Pinar Beard, Aharon Finestone, Aharon S Finestone (0000-0003-1956-5557, Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps), Carlos Gruzman (0000-0002-7947-959X, Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps), Paul Benedek (Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps), Giora Martonovits (Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 262-270 |
| Publication date | 2000-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-7717.00147 |
| PMID | 11026159 |
| OpenAlex | W2003738161 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
On 17 August 1999 at 3:04 a.m., an earthquake of 7.4 magnitude (Richter scale) struck the Marmara region in Turkey. The city of Adapazari suffered 2,680 fatalities with approximately 5,300 injured. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) field hospital arrived at Adapazari, on day four after the quake. The team consisted of 102 personnel. The field hospital acted as a secondary referral centre. A total of 1,205 patients were treated in the field hospital between day four and day 14 of the earthquake. The frequency distribution of the medical problems seen in the field hospital was 32 per cent internal medicine, 13 per cent general surgery including plastic, 21 per cent orthopaedic surgery, 23 per cent paediatric disease, 10 per cent obstetrics and gynaecology and 1 per cent major psychiatric disorders. A mean number of 35 patients per day were hospitalised in the field hospital for between 24 hours to one week. The rapid establishment of the field hospital enabled the local medical facilities to 'buy time' in order to organise and restore surgical and hospitalisation abilities in this disastrous situation
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |