Comparison of search and rescue operations involving emergency physicians in devastating earthquakes in Turkey: a 24-year experience study

Comparison of search and rescue operations involving emergency physicians in devastating earthquakes in Turkey: a 24-year experience study

In the 21st century, disasters (particularly earthquakes, which remain the leading cause of death) continue to be among the foremost issues requiring global emergency response. While the impact of advancing technologies on the environmental and human damage caused by earthquakes is still a subject of debate, search and rescue (SAR) teams and emergency departments (ED), specifically emergency physicians (EPs), play a crucial role in the most acute management of the effects of these earthquakes on human life. This study aims to examine the injury dynamics of two catastrophic earthquakes that occurred in Turkey 24 years apart from the perspective of EPs, utilizing archival records from the SAR teams in which EPs served.

Mustafa Ferudun Celikmen, Gülbin Aydoğdu Umaç, Melih Imamoglu, Mümin Murat Yazici, Elif Çiğdem Keleş & Sarper Yilmaz

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-025-01174-3

https://link.springer.com/journal/12873

15 january 2025

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