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Asian earthquake: report from the first volunteer British hospital team in Pakistan

S Laverick¹, S Kazmi², S Ahktar², J Raja³, S Perera⁴, A Bokhari⁵, S Meraj⁶, K Ayub⁷, A da Silva⁸, M Pye⁸, M Anser⁹, J Pye⁸

¹ Regional Maxillofacial Unit, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK
² Pakistan Institute of Medical sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
³ Department of Radiology, St George’s Hospital, London, UK
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK
⁵ Horton Hospital, Banbury, Oxford, UK
⁶ Wythenshaw Hospital, Manchester, UK
⁷ University Department of Surgery, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
⁸ Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK
⁹ Dental School, Pakistan Institute of Medical sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Correspondence to:
MrSean Laverick
Maxillofacial Unit, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK; sean.laverick{at}tuht.scot.nhs.uk

At 8:52 am on 8 October 2005 a massive earthquake wracked northern Pakistan and Kashmir. Various teams were sent to Islamabad and the disaster region from the UK. We discuss the types of injury patterns seen and recommend that a central register of volunteers should be created to deal with similar situations in the future.

Abbreviations: APPS, Association of Pakistani Physicians and Surgeons; ATLS, advanced trauma life support; PIMS, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences; WHO, World Health Organization

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