After Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, West China Medical School/ West China Hospital of Sichuan University organized a youth volunteer team for earthquake rescue and relief. A volunteer network was formed and relevant service regulations were formulated immediately. Volunteers have played an important role in post-earthquake evacuation of patients, emergency reception, ward care, on-call service, a service to help people find family members, telecommunications and some other major tasks.
Citation: AI Chunxia,LI Qiulin,SONG Ying,DENG Shaolin. Youth Volunteers of West China Medical School/ West China Hospital of Sichuan University after the Wenchuan Earthquake. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2008, 08(7): 499-501. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20080113 Copy