Earthquake and Patient ProfileÖzcan Keskin1, Murat Kalemoğlu1, Cihan Top21Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital (GATA HEH) Emergency Medicine, Istanbul
2Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital (GATA HEH), Internal Medicine, Clinic, Istanbul
The “Marmara Earthquake”, on 17th August 1999, at 03: 05 measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale caused one of the greatest number of deaths and injuries in Turkey. According to official reports 17.465 people were killed, 43.953 people were injured or permenantly disabled. After the earthquake 632 patients were transported to Gülhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpaşa Training Hospital. 532 of them after first aid were interned and other 100 survivors were transported to other centers. After the earthquake the patients that were brought to the emergency service were not only from the affected area
but from İstanbul who were jumped down because of the panic. They were a total of 12 patients with minor injuries. Apart from these surgical cases, in a week’s time numerous
patients with hipertensive, cardiac and phychiatric complaints attended to emergency department. Of these 85 hypertensive patients, 4 patients were with hypertensive encephalopathy and 19 with hypertensive urgency. A total of 38 patients with
cardiac emergency were brought to the emergency department. Of these 5 patients were with acute myocardial infarction; of them 3 from the disaster region. Keywords: Earthquake, emergency services, patient profile
Deprem ve Hasta ProfiliÖzcan Keskin1, Murat Kalemoğlu1, Cihan Top21Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi, Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi (GATA HEH) Acil Servis, İstanbul
2Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi, Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi (GATA HEH), İç Hastalıkları, Kliniği, İstanbul
17 Ağustos 1999 tarihinde saat 03.05’de, merkez üssü Gölcük olan 7.4 Richter ölçeğindeki Marmara depremi, büyük ölçüde ölümlere ve yaralanmalara neden olmuştur. Resmi rakamlara göre 17.465 insanımız hayatını kaybetmiş, 43.953 insanımız yaralanmış ya da sakat kalmıştır. Deprem sonrası Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi Acil Servisine 632 yaralı getirilmiştir. Bu yaralıların 532’sine ilk yardım yapılıp yatırılmış, 100 yaralı da çevre hastanelere nakil edilmiştir. Deprem sonrası acil servise sadece travma olguları gelmemiş, panik nedeniyle yüksekten atlayan toplam 12 yaralı da getirilmiştir. Deprem sonrası bir haftalık periyotta cerrahi aciller dışında çok sayıda hipertansif ve kardiyak acil olgu da acil servise müracaat etmiştir. Bu hastalardan 85 hipertansif hastanın dördünde hipertansif ensefalopati, 19’unda hipertansif acil durum tespit edilmiştir. 38 hasta da kardiyak nedenle acil servise getirilmiştir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Deprem, acil servis, hasta profili
Özcan Keskin, Murat Kalemoğlu, Cihan Top. Earthquake and Patient Profile. Medeniyet Med J. 2002; 17(2): 68-70
Corresponding Author: Özcan Keskin, Türkiye |
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