Department of Emergency Medicine The Johns Hopkins Hospital & School of Medicine 600 North Wolfe Street Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Disasters. 1989 Sep;13(3):255-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1989.tb00715.x.
An earthquake registering 6.9 on the Richter scale hit the northern part of the Armenian Republic of the Soviet Union on 7 December 1988, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries. The majority of these resulted from the collapse of inadequately designed and constructed buildings. Analysis of the effects of the Armenian earthquake on the population, as well as of the rescue and medical response, has strong implications for earthquake preparedness and response in other seismically vulnerable parts of the world. Specifically, this paper will recommend a number of important endeavours deemed necessary to improve medical planning, preparedness and response to earthquakes. Strengthening the self-reliance of the community in disaster preparedness is suggested as the best way to improve the effectiveness of relief operations. In earthquake-prone areas, training and education in basic first aid and methods of rescue should be an integral part of any community preparedness programme.
1988 年 12 月 7 日，苏联亚美尼亚共和国北部发生里氏 6.9 级地震，造成数千人伤亡。其中大部分是由于设计和施工不当的建筑物倒塌造成的。对亚美尼亚地震对人口的影响以及救援和医疗反应的分析，对世界上其他地震脆弱地区的地震准备和应对具有重要意义。具体而言，本文将建议开展一些重要工作，以改进地震的医疗规划、准备和应对工作。建议增强社区在灾害防备方面的自力更生能力，这是提高救灾行动效果的最佳途径。在地震多发地区，基本急救和救援方法的培训和教育应成为任何社区防备计划的一个组成部分。
