Earthquake rescue: How should ordinary people rescue and transport the wounded?

At the earthquake relief site, in addition to professional rescue workers, many victims are also carrying out self-rescue.

According to previous experience in earthquake relief, a large number of earthquake-stricken paraplegic patients aggravated the injury during the transportation process. The rescue personnel found the wounded, dragged people out of their hands and carried him or put people. Above the blanket, we carry the horns, or use soft stretchers, rope stretchers, etc., to transport to a safe place.

This is an incorrect handling process: inappropriate handling tools increase the curvature of the spine and exacerbate the oscillations, making spinal fractures very severe and causing paraplegia.

Then, as an ordinary person, if there are no professional rescue workers nearby if they see the injured, what should be done?

The correct way to rescue and transport the wounded is:

1. Add body fluids: Allow the trapped person to drink plenty of water before the rescue, or infusion ( calcium gluconate, etc. ) to supplement body fluids;

2. Prevent Crush Syndrome: If the limb is pressed for a long time and has been paralyzed, it is best to ligate the limb before sending it to the hospital. (But more than 1.5 hours of ligation can cause muscle necrosis. If you cannot get to a hospital for a long time, do not use this method.)

3. Make sure his torso is on a level surface. For example, a wooden board can be inserted behind the wounded person and lifted out for rescue. This will avoid damage to the spine.

Tips : Remember to classify injuries well

In order to facilitate rescue workers, injuries can be classified as injuries. At present, the world's unified standards are divided into four categories, represented by four colors: red, yellow, green, and black.

Red is the heaviest, life is in danger; lighter shades are yellow; light wounds are green that can be temporarily ignored; wounded wounded are black. In order to facilitate rescue workers to allocate medical power as quickly as possible.

The information in this article comes from the Internet and was reorganized and edited by China Rescue Equipment Network.