The injuries caused by earthquake were characterized as complicated injuries, multiple injuries, crush injury, commonly accompanied by the impairment of the organs, open wound with susceptibility to contamination, difficulties in the implementation of in-time treatment, and resource-limited settings. Considering the specialty of early treatment of earthquake victims and existing misconduct, we propose recommendations according to general principles of early rationale use of antibiotics, in order to treat the earthquake victims safely, effectively and feasibly, and to decrease wound infection rates after surgery.
Citation: YANG Fan,CHEN Shu,ZHENG Bo. Recommendations on Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Emergency Medical Rescue after Lushan Earthquake. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2013, 13(7): 777-779. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20130138 Copy