what are the precautions to be victins of disaster who are infured?
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Injuries and drowning have accounted for the vast majority of mortality experienced so far in countries affected by the tsunami. Injury related conditions will also account for many of the health care needs among those requiring medical attention in the immediate aftermath of the event. Whether resulting from the earthquake or the tsunami, falling structures, and waters full of swirling debris will have inflicted crush injuries, fractures, and a variety of open and closed wounds.
Appropriate medical and surgical treatment of these injuries is vital to improving survival, minimizing future functional impairment and disability and ensuring as full a return as possible to community life. This briefing paper provides information on what the Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention (VIP) can do to support appropriate care of the injured in the immediate aftermath of the tsunami as well as to prevent future injury.
stay away from glass, windows, outside doors and walls, and anything that could fall , such as lightning fixtures of furnitures. stay inside until the shaking stops , and it is safe to go outside. most injuries occurs to people trying to move a different location inside a building or try to leave.