caa a22 4500 605468060 CHVBK 20210128100314.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10049-015-0014-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10049-015-0014-z Injuries and emergency department visits without building destruction after Gökçeada earthquake in Çanakkale, Turkey [Elektronische Daten] [A. Yıldırım, O. Akdur, H. Özçelik] Verletzungen und Frequentierung von Notaufnahmen unabhängig von Gebäudezerstörungen nach dem Erdbeben in Gökçeada, Çanakkale, Türkei Purpose: To examine and suggest some solutions for health problems related to fear and anxiety at the moment of earthquake and to present how it affects working amount of emergency services despite having no destruction due to earthquake. Methods: Patients admitted to emergency services due to symptoms related with earthquake but not destruction in Çanakkale earthquake on May 2014 were enrolled the study. Information about patients was gathered from hospital data system and patients' files. Results: Following the earthquake, 101 patients were admitted to Emergency Services with earthquake related symptoms that were not related to destruction. 68.3 % of patients injured while running, 19.8 % of patients were severely injured after jumping from a high place, 9.9 % of patients admitted to the emergency services with fear and anxiety and 1.9 % admitted with chest pain. Conclusions: Even if there is no destruction in earthquake, people may behave improperly at the time of earthquake due to fear and anxiety causing serious traumatic and non-traumatic health problems. Earthquakes increase the workload of emergency departments even without destruction. The present study emphasizes the importance of behavior education of community during earthquake, early activation of hospital disaster programs and education of health care providers in natural disasters. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Emergency nationallicence Earthquake nationallicence Non-destructive nationallicence Disaster nationallicence Notfall nationallicence Erdbeben nationallicence Katastrophe ohne Zerstörungen nationallicence Yıldırım A. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17000, Çanakkale, Turkey aut Akdur O. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17000, Çanakkale, Turkey aut Özçelik H. Department of Emergency Medicine, Çanakkale State Hospital, Çanakkale, Turkey aut Notfall + Rettungsmedizin Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/5(2015-08-01), 377-380 1434-6222 18:5<377 2015 18 10049 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-015-0014-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-015-0014-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yıldırım A. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17000, Çanakkale, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Akdur O. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17000, Çanakkale, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Özçelik H. Department of Emergency Medicine, Çanakkale State Hospital, Çanakkale, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Notfall + Rettungsmedizin Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/5(2015-08-01), 377-380 1434-6222 18:5<377 2015 18 10049