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Disaster Relief: Coordinating Committee of International Initiatives

Disaster Relief: Coordinating Committee of International Initiatives WFNS Interim Meeting, Recife, Brazil 14 th September 2011 1200 – 1300 Hrs Hall E, Beach Class Resort. Chairmen: Wai S Poon     (Hong Kong)          Alexander Potapov    (Russia ) Merwyn Bagan (USA).

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Disaster Relief: Coordinating Committee of International Initiatives

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  1. Disaster Relief: Coordinating Committee of International Initiatives WFNS Interim Meeting, Recife, Brazil 14th September 2011 1200 – 1300 Hrs Hall E, Beach Class Resort Chairmen: Wai S Poon    (Hong Kong)          Alexander Potapov   (Russia) MerwynBagan (USA) Chile : Top ten in thehistory of earthquakes Dr. Leónidas Quintana Chief of NeurosurgeryService – Van Buren Hospital Cathedra of Neurosurgery Valparaíso UniversitySchool of Medicine, Chile

  2. Valdivia-Llanquihue earthquake South region of Chile May 22, 1960, 15:11 hours TSUNAMI XI a XII grade in Mercalli´sscale 9,5 grade in Richter scale

  3. Valdivia, Calle Calleriver ….aftertheearthquake and tsunami May, 1960

  4. And more recently , February 27th, 2010 ……… Chile EQ 8.8 Richter

  5. Emergencies in Disasters Whatisthe real situation in disasters as an Earthquake? Isolation Communicationsfail Promptaction in thedevastated places difficult Health cares difficulttoperform Traumatic cases increase Also , anotherpathologies

  6. Howtoarrive ?

  7. Howtomove and enter in actionforhealth cares? Ambulances – smallmobilehospitals Mobile EmergencyUnit Mobile NeurosurgicalUnit Adaptedfortelecommunications: TELEMEDICINE

  8. MEU Somemanagementyou can do in thesite of thedisaster – Stabilizethepatient´sconditions Another, tosend and toreceiveintructionsfromthe base hospital , and transportthepatient in thebestpossibleconditions.

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