28 July 2023: Clinical Research
Emergency Response and Clinical Insights from a Non-Epicenter Hospital during the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake: A Retrospective Analysis
Selahattin Gürü 1ABCDEF* , Süeda Zaman 2ABCEF , Mehmet Akif Karamercan 3AEFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.941226
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941226
Table 2 Injury type, body zone injured, diagnosis, treatment, and result of Emergency Department visit of victims admitted to Ankara Mamak State Hospital following the February 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake.
| n=124 (%) | |
|---|---|
| # | |
| Blunt | 113 (91.1) |
| Penetrating | 13 (10.5) |
| # | |
| Lower extremity | 52 (41.9) |
| Upper extremity | 28 (22.6) |
| Head | 17 (13.7) |
| Spinal | 22 (17.7) |
| Thorax | 18 (14.5) |
| Pelvis | 7 (5.6) |
| Neck | 4 (3.2) |
| Abdomen | 3 (2.4) |
| # | |
| Soft tissue injuries | 74 (59.7) |
| Bone fracture | 34 (27.4) |
| Skin incision | 13 (10.5) |
| Intrathoracic organ damage | 5 (4.0) |
| Eye trauma | 2 (1.6) |
| Wound dressing | 75 (60.5) |
| Plaster splint | 22 (17.7) |
| Corset | 14 (11.3) |
| Primary suture | 11 (8.9) |
| Other splint | 2 (1.6) |
| Discharged with recovery | 106 (85.5) |
| Admission to services | 11 (8.9) |
| Dispatch to another hospital | 7 (5.6) |
| n – number of patients; ED – Emergency Department. Continuous variables were presented as “mean±SD (min–max)” and categorical variables as “number (percentage of column)”. # There is more than 1 in a patient, percentage calculated on the number of patients. | |