Post-Earthquake Haiti > Injuries Treated at a Field Hospital --- Haiti, 2010

CDC has done it again!  Great statistical data for disaster relief medical personnel, and for that matter, first responders. This link takes you to the short 4 page summary version of the report.  There is a much more indepth report that is a must read for medical response teams that is a 48 page .pdf.  Both are great!  Good readings!

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CDC MMWR report January 7, 2011 / 59(51);1673-1677.
"On January 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, resulting in an estimated 222,570 deaths and 300,000 persons with injuries. The University of Miami Global Institute/Project Medishare (UMGI/PM) established the first field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the earthquake (1). To characterize injuries and surgical procedures performed by UMGI/PM and assess specialized medical, surgical, and rehabilitation needs, UMGI/PM and CDC conducted a retrospective medical record review of all available inpatient records for the period January 13--May 28, 2010. This report describes the results of that review, which indicated that, during the study period (when a total of 1,369 admissions occurred), injury-related diagnoses were recorded for 581 (42%) admitted patients, of whom 346 (60%) required a surgical procedure. The most common injury diagnoses were fractures/dislocations, wound infections, and head, face, and brain injuries."