A necklace of pearl in high altitude medicine and hypoxic physiology in Yushu Earthquake

作     者：Fan Ming 

作者机构：Institute of Basic Medical SciencesAcademy of Military Medical Sciences 

出 版 物：《Engineering Sciences》 (中国工程科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第11卷第2期

页      面：2-4页

学科分类：1305[艺术学-设计学（可授艺术学、工学学位）] 13[艺术学] 070801[理学-固体地球物理学] 07[理学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 

基　　金："973"National Key Basic Research and Development Program(No.2012CB518202) 

主　　题：Yushu Earthquake 973 Project acute altitude illness learn by experiences and lessons 

摘      要：During Yushu Earthquake,a large number of rescuers flocked to the mountainous quake areas. Under such a very specific circumstance,a high incidence of acute altitude illness was observed in rescuers who rapidly traveled from near sea level to an altitude of 4 000 m. It is evident that acute altitude illness leads to a significant human and economic toll,and also seriously influences the mountain rescue operation. So what does this teach us about mountain rescue in Yushu? Professor Wu Tianyi and many other authors collected shining points of the experiences and drew the lessons from the Yushu Earthquake into this special issue in Engineering Sciences which is like to thread pearl beads for a necklace. What readers learn from this special issue will have implications for the health and well-being of all high altitude populations all over the world.