In the aftermath of tragedy: medical and psychiatric consequences.
In the aftermath of tragedy: medical and psychiatric consequences.
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悲剧发生后：医疗和精神后果。
DOI：
10.1176/appi.ap.35.1.4
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发表时间：
2011
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Goldschmidt-Clermont,PascalJ
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作者：
Nemeroff,CharlesB;Goldschmidt-Clermont,PascalJ
The catastrophic earthquake that ravaged the already fragile Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on January12, 2010 unleashed an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. The devastation was beyond belief, the suffering horrific. Yet the brave people of Haiti were stoic in rescuing their neighbors and friends, the injured and the homeless, triggering an impassioned humanitarian response from around the world that showed Haiti will never be forgotten or forsaken.Led by Dr. Barth Green, the chairman of neurological surgery at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, an army of University of Miami doctors, nurses, and staff would be joined by more than 2,000 medical volunteers from the United States and beyond who staffed the most advanced ground zero hospital in the hemisphere’s poorest nation. In a 25,000-squarefoot tent facility, we collectively treated more than 20,000 patients, saving countless lives. One of us (PGC) dramatically described the experience.“I will always remember the night of January 17, when I landed in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, with one of the first hospital shifts. I was joining our medical team to assess the needs and develop a strategy for our long-term relief effort. We were immediately immersed in the formidable rescue, caring for hundreds of injured Haitians who were brought to two cargo tents at the nonfunctioning airport. In an improvised emergency room, our volunteers performed life-saving procedures on patients whose survival hung by a thread. One young man, JC, had a crushed
