Citation

Peleg K. Disaster Med. Public Health Prep. 2015; 9(6): 650-652.

Affiliation

Israeli National Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine Research,The Gertner Institute for Health Policy & Epidemiology, and the Disaster Medicine Department & the Executive Master Programs for Emergency and Disaster Management,School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine,Tel-Aviv University,Tel-Aviv,Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/dmp.2015.107

PMID

26456243

Abstract

This article discusses a possibility for overcoming the limited efficiency of international search and rescue teams in saving lives after earthquakes, which was emphasized by the recent disaster in Nepal and in other earthquakes all over the world. Because most lives are actually saved by the locals themselves long before the international teams arrive on scene, many more lives could be saved by teaching the basics of light rescue to local students and citizens in threatened countries. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2015;0:1-3).

Language: en