TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - Asian earthquake: report from the first volunteer British hospital team in Pakistan JO - Emergency medicine journal A1 - Laverick, S. A1 - Kazmi, S. A1 - Ahktar, S. A1 - Raja, J. A1 - Perera, S. A1 - Bokhari, A. A1 - Meraj, S. A1 - Ayub, K. A1 - da Silva, A. A1 - Pye, M. A1 - Anser, M. A1 - Pye, J. SP - 543 EP - 546 VL - 24 IS - 8 N2 - At 8:52 am on 8 October 2005 a massive earthquake wracked northern Pakistan and Kashmir. Various teams were sent to Islamabad and the disaster region from the UK. We discuss the types of injury patterns seen and recommend that a central register of volunteers should be created to deal with similar situations in the future.
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LA - en SN - 1472-0205 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2006.037333 ID - ref1 ER -